Brief Life History of Amanda Ellen
When Amanda Ellen Wiley was born on 3 April 1849, in Indiana, United States, her father, Wilford Moore Wiley, was 21 and her mother, Mary Melissa Wiley, was 14. She married William Sweet Harmon on 10 October 1867, in Gibson, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States for about 10 years and Ardenwald, Clackamas, Oregon, United States in 1930. She died on 10 March 1933, in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Long Beach Municipal Cemetery, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Amanda E Harrison, "United States Census, 1930"
- Amanda E Harmon, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Amanda E Wille, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Los Angeles, California, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English: from various places called with Old English wīg, wēoh ‘idol’ + lēah ‘wood, clearing’, such as Whyly in East Hoathly (Sussex), Whiligh in Ticehurst (Sussex), Weeley (Essex), Weoley (Worcestershire), and Willey (Surrey), or from any of the other places called Willey, such as those in Cheshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Warwickshire, named with Old English wilig ‘willow’ + lēah, or from Wylye (Wiltshire), which takes its name from the river Wylye (of uncertain etymology).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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