Brief Life History of Ludora
When Ludora Fentress was born about 1851, in Indiana, United States, her father, Josiah Fentress, was 44 and her mother, Susana S Hinshaw, was 41. She married Cornelius F. Dillee on 16 March 1871, in Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Greensboro Township, Henry, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Greensboro, Greensboro Township, Henry, Indiana, United States in 1880.
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- Ladora Fentress in household of Josiah Fentress, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ludora "Dora" Fentress, - Published information: Family genealogies: birth: about 1851; Indiana, United States
- Dora Fentress, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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about 1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: variant of Ventress , itself a variantof Venters , a nickname for a daring person, from Middle Englishaventurous ‘bold, venturesome’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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