Emma Belle McNeil

Female9 December 1865–23 November 1933

Brief Life History of Emma Belle

When Emma Belle McNeil was born on 9 December 1865, in Edgewood, Effingham, Illinois, United States, her father, William McNeil, was 39 and her mother, Mary Blackie, was 37. She married Arthur W Tuttle on 25 January 1888, in Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Cook, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 23 years. She died on 23 November 1933, at the age of 67, and was buried in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Arthur W Tuttle
1865–1934
Emma Belle McNeil
1865–1933
Marriage: 25 January 1888
Gertrude Tuttle
1888–1888
Walter Allen Tuttle
1892–1952
Arthur Ralph Tuttle
1896–1968

Sources (18)

  • Emma McNeill in entry for Walter A Tuttle, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Emma Tuttle in household of Arthur W Tuttle, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Emma B Mac Neill in entry for Walter A Tuttle and Elizabeth Marie Creglow, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    25 January 1888Cook, Illinois, United States

    • Children (3)

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    Siblings (11)

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    World Events (8)

    1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

    Age 1

    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 · The Chicago Water Tower

    Age 2

    The Chicago water tower was built out of Lemont limestone by William W. Boyington and was used for firefighting and also drawing clean water from Lake Michigan. The tower gained prominence after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Some believe that the tower was the only building to survive the Great Chicago Fire, but a few other buildings survived alongside the tower. The tower has become a symbol of old Chicago and how the city recovered from the fire. The tower has undergone only two renovations since 1913. 

    1885 · The World's First Skyscraper

    Age 20

    The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Néill, a patronymic from the personal name Niall (genitive Néill), see Neil and also Neilson, which was sometimes substituted for McNeil in Lowland Scotland.

    History: The Scottish Clan McNeil claims descent from the early Irish king Niall of the Nine Hostages (see O'Neill ), and the name is associated in particular with the island of Barra in the Hebrides, having been brought there from Ireland in 1049. Some members of this clan later migrated to Antrim and Derry in Ireland. A different Scottish Clan MacNeill (spelled with two l's) has a traditional ancestral home on the island of Gigha.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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