Frank Newell Ireland

Brief Life History of Frank Newell

When Frank Newell Ireland was born on 17 October 1836, in LaPorte, Indiana, United States, his father, Pleasant Ireland, was 23 and his mother, Matilda Blair Newell, was 24. He married Fidelia Abigail Bangs on 20 October 1858, in Hall Township, Bureau, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Richland Township, Marshall, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Cazenovia, Woodford, Illinois, United States for about 40 years. He registered for military service in 1863. He died on 15 December 1927, in Washburn, Woodford, Illinois, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Linn Township, Woodford, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank Newell Ireland
1836–1927
Fidelia Abigail Bangs
1837–1903
Marriage: 20 October 1858
Charles Harrison Ireland
1864–1930
Clifford Cady Ireland
1878–1930

Sources (20)

  • Frank N Ireland Sr. in household of Charles H Ireland, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Frank Newell Ireland, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Frank N Ireland, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"

World Events (8)

1846

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

1851

Historical Boundaries: 1851: Woodford, Illinois, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: ethnic name denoting someone from Ireland, from Middle English Irland, Irlond, Erlond (Old English Īraland). The country gets its name from the genitive case of Old English Īras ‘Irishmen’ + land ‘land’. The stem Īr- is taken from the Celtic name for Ireland, Èriu, earlier Everiu. The Latin name was (H)ibernia. The surname is especially common in Liverpool, England, which has a large Irish population. Compare Irish .

Americanized form of Erland .

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

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