Adeline Jane Temple

5 October 1845–1 August 1931 (Age 85)
Sunderland, Bennington, Vermont, United States

The Life of Adeline Jane

When Adeline Jane Temple was born on 5 October 1845, in Sunderland, Bennington, Vermont, United States, her father, Samuel Willard Temple, was 37 and her mother, Jane Martha Hill, was 34. She married Robert B. Ewan on 6 April 1871, in Pike, Pike, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 1 August 1931, in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Kaw Township, Jackson, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert B. Ewan
1842–1922
Adeline Jane Temple
1845–1931
Marriage: 6 April 1871
Lillian J. Ewan
1872–1952
Ruby Virginia Ewan
1874–1952
Samuel W. Ewan
1877–1906
Lester M Ewan
1882–1945

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
6 April 1871
Pike, Pike, Illinois, United States
children

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Parents and Siblings

siblings

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World Events (8)

1846

Age 1

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860

Age 15

In 1860, the Pony Express used men riding on horseback to carry mail between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California.
1868 · Impeach the President!

Age 23

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

Name Meaning

1 English and French: occupational name or habitational name for someone who was employed at or lived near one of the houses (‘temples’) maintained by the Knights Templar, a crusading order so named because they claimed to occupy in Jerusalem the site of the old temple (Middle English, Old French temple, Latin templum). The order was founded in 1118 and flourished for 200 years, but was suppressed as heretical in 1312 .2 English: name given to foundlings baptized at the Temple Church, London, so called because it was originally built on land belonging to the Templars.3 Scottish: habitational name from the parish of Temple in Edinburgh, likewise named because it was the site of the local headquarters of the Knights Templar.

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

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Sources (3)

  • Addie J Ewan in household of Ralph G Reames, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Addie J Ewan in household of Robert Ewan, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Addie Ewan in household of R R Ewan, "United States Census, 1880"

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