When Louisa Elliott was born on 10 August 1859, in Georgia, United States, her father, William B. G. Elliott, was 33 and her mother, Mary J Hudson, was 26. She married Rufus Mercer Love on 9 January 1877, in Henry, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Gainesville, Hall, Georgia, United States in 1935 and Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States in 1940. She died on 9 October 1946, in Henry, Georgia, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, McDonough, Henry, Georgia, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: 1871: Rockdale, Georgia, United States
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
English: from the Middle English, Old French personal name Eliot, a pet form of the Old Testament name Elijah, rendered in Greek as Ēlias and in Old French as Élie + the diminutive suffix -ot; compare Ellis . The name Aylett may in some cases also have been confused with or absorbed into Elliott.
Scottish: late variant of Elwood .
Scottish (of Breton origin): perhaps, as some members of the Elliott clan believe, a Scottish variant of the Breton surname Elleouet, a habitational name from one of the hamlets named Allegot in Finistère.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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