Brief Life History of Lucy Jane
When Lucy Jane West was born on 7 October 1865, in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, James West, was 39 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann Tallman, was 30. She married Frank Lincoln Pelton on 22 January 1885, in Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States in 1900 and Great Plain, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States for about 10 years. She died on 13 February 1930, in Southington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Lucy Pelton in household of Frank L Pelton, "United States Census, 1920"
- Lucy J. West, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Lucy J. West, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English and German: from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for someone who had migrated from further west.
Americanized form of Finnish Vesterinen: from the personal name Vesteri (a short form of Sylvester ) + the surname suffix -nen.
History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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