Brief Life History of Alice
When Alice Trueman was born on 11 August 1860, in Parke, Indiana, United States, her father, James Calvert Trueman, was 23 and her mother, Elizabeth Jenne, was 21. She married Henry Cyrus Birge on 1 January 1902, in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States. She died on 1 January 1938, in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States.
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- Allice Truman, "United States Census, 1860"
- Alice M. Trueman Birge, “Índice Find A Grave”
- Alice M. Birge, “Mortes e Natimortos de Illinois, 1916-1947”
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1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English treu(e), trew(e), trow(e), tru(e) ‘faithful’ (Old English trēow) + -man, denoting a loyal or trustworthy person.
Americanized form (translation into English) of Jewish Treumann, composed of German treu ‘true, faithful’ + Mann ‘man’, or any of its variants, such as Trejman, or cognates.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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