Brief Life History of Emily Clara
When Emily Clara Ellis was born in February 1854, in England, United Kingdom, her father, Wilson Pelton Ellis, was 27 and her mother, Phoebe Chantrey, was 18. She married John Walls Snook on 17 December 1872, in Salmon, Lemhi, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States in 1860 and Salmon, Lemhi, Idaho, United States in 1870. She died in 1921, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States.
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- Emily C Ellis in household of Willis Ellis, "United States Census, 1860"
- Emily Clara Ellis, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-1920"
- Emily Ellis, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
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1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
1866
Historical Boundaries 1866: Idaho, Idaho Territory, United States 1869: Lemhi, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Lemhi, Idaho, United States
1872 · The Modoc War
Hostilities between Modoc Indians and white settlers resulted in the Modoc War during 1872-1873. A Modoc band of nearly 200 people, led by Captain Jack Kintpuash, was fleeing a forced relocation to a reservation occupied by their enemies, the Klamaths. The band had returned to their former land on Lost River, which now had white settlers occupying the area. The conflict erupted on November 29, 1872, when 40 troops were sent to move the Modocs back to the reservation. An argument erupted and shots were fired. Several were killed and the Modocs fled to “The Stronghold,” a large, cavernous lava bed. The holdout went on for months with several clashes. On April 11, 1873, General Edward Richard Sprigg Canby and Reverend Eleazar Thomas were killed by the Modocs during a negotiation. The Modocs lacked resources and supplies and eventually surrendered on July 4. In total, 2 Modocs and 71 enlisted military men lost their lives.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Elis, an Old French vernacular form of Elias, the Latin and New Testament Greek form of Hebrew Eliyahu; see Elijah and compare Elias , Lias , Ely .
English: possibly in some instances from the Middle English female personal name Elice, a pet form of Elizabeth .
Welsh: from Elis, a shortened form of the Welsh personal name Elisse (earlier Elisedd, a derivative of elus ‘kindly, benevolent’). As usual in Welsh, the stress in Elisse is on the penultimate syllable -li-, which shifts to initial El- when the name is shortened to Elis. It later became confused with Ellis in 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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