Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Shanks was born on 10 March 1844, in Zuma Township, Rock Island, Illinois, United States, her father, Benjamin Shanks, was 42 and her mother, Rebecca J. Ennis, was 32. She married James Robert Wood on 27 August 1859, in Mercer, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Manor, Clark, Washington, United States in 1900 and Clark, Washington, United States in 1910. She died on 3 June 1910, in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Manor Wilson Bridge Cemetery, Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States.
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- Rebecca Wood in household of James B Wood, "United States Census, 1870"
- Rebecca J Shanks Wood, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
- Rebeca Shank, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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1845
Historical Boundaries: 1845: Oregon Country, United States 1845: Vancouver, Oregon Country, United States 1846: Vancouver, Oregon Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1848: Vancouver, Oregon Territory, United States 1849: Clark, Oregon Territory, United States 1853: Clarke, Washington Territory, United States 1889: Clarke, Washington, United States 1925: Clark, Washington, United States
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Lanarkshire): habitational name from an unidentified place in southern Scotland with a name in the plural form, presumably derived from Old Scots schank ‘hill spur’. Some have suggested Shank in Borthwick (Midlothian) or Culter Cleuch Shank in Crawford (Lanarkshire), with the unexplained addition of final -s, but these seem unlikely.
English: variant of Shank with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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