Brief Life History of Elizabeth Catherine
When Elizabeth Catherine Lemar was born on 31 January 1853, in Washington Township, Cedar, Missouri, United States, her father, Thomas William Lemar, was 24 and her mother, Nancy Adeline Anders, was 17. She married William Chesley Sharp on 14 March 1869, in Troy, Doniphan, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Jackson Township, Buchanan, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, United States in 1880. She died on 9 November 1910, in Bellevue, Blaine, Idaho, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Bellevue Cemetery, Bellevue, Blaine, Idaho, United States.
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- Catharine Lamar in household of Thomas Lamar, "United States Census, 1860"
- Catherine Lemar, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
- Elizabeth K. Sharp, "Idaho Deaths and Burials, 1907-1965"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867
Historical Boundaries - 1867: Laramie, Dakota Territory, United States; 1868: Laramie, Wyoming Territory, United States; 1890: Laramie, Wyoming, United States
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
Altered form of French Lemaire (compare Lamer and Lamar 2) and possibly also of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname. Compare also Lemarr .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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