Brief Life History of Jemima
When Jemima Bell was born on 20 August 1867, in Oulton, Cumberland, England, her father, Thomas Bell, was 37 and her mother, Margaret Skelton, was 37. She married Newton Jasper Hustead on 12 December 1894, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 5, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States in 1900 and Palo Pinto, Texas, United States in 1920. She died on 3 October 1932, in Wigton, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 65.
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- Jannina Hustead, "United States Census, 1920"
- Jemima Bell, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Jemima Bell Hustead, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
1870 · Texas Is Restored to the Union
Congress restored Texas to the Union on March 30, 1870, despite not yet meeting all of the requirements established for re-admittance.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from the Middle English personal name Bell. As a man's name this is from Old French beu, bel ‘handsome’, which was also used as a nickname. As a female name it represents a short form of Isabel .
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from Middle English belle ‘bell’ (Old English belle), in various applications; most probably a metonymic occupational name for a bell ringer or bell maker, or a topographic name for someone living ‘at the bell’ (as attested by 14th-century forms such as John atte Belle). This indicates either residence by an actual bell (e.g. a town's bell in a bell tower, centrally placed to summon meetings, sound the alarm, etc.) or ‘at the sign of the bell’, i.e. a house or inn sign (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in Scots and English).
English: from Middle English bel ‘fair, fine, good’ (Old French bel ‘beautiful, fair’). See also Beal 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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