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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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Woodford, Illinois, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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 .
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