Brief Life History of Minnie Elizabeth Jane
When Minnie Elizabeth Jane Willis was born on 20 October 1877, in Blockton, Taylor, Iowa, United States, her father, Peter Van Doran Willis, was 26 and her mother, Mary Amanda Freeman, was 21. She married Jess Gage on 27 January 1895, in Gentry, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Jefferson Township, Taylor, Iowa, United States for about 5 years and Wilson Township, Gentry, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. She died on 3 June 1960, in Imperial, Chase, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Imperial, Chase, Nebraska, United States.
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- M. E. J. Willis in household of P. B. Willis, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Minnie Elizabeth Willis - Government record: birth: about October 1877; Iowa, United States
- Minnie Willis, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1885
Historical Boundaries: 1885: Chase, Nebraska, United States
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
variant of Will with genitival -s. This surname represents a retention of the second syllable, introduced by the addition of the Middle English genitival suffix -es, which would have been pronounced in the Middle English period. Compare Wills . In some cases the name is a variant of Willey , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
variant of Willows .
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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