Brief Life History of Ada Isabel
When Ada Isabel Bonham was born on 10 August 1858, in Summerfield, St. Clair, Illinois, United States, her father, Joseph W Bonham, was 27 and her mother, Ester Rebecca Barton, was 24. She married Henry Hilt on 30 September 1888, in Lebanon Township, St. Clair, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Visalia, Tulare, California, United States in 1930 and Visalia Judicial Township, Tulare, California, United States in 1940. She died on 27 February 1945, in Tulare, Tulare, California, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Hornbrook, Siskiyou, California, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Ada Hilt in household of George F Hengst, "United States Census, 1940"
- Adie Ronham, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Ada Bonham Hilt, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875
In 1875 the voters of the county of Madison adopted the township system of county government.
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.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin):
nickname from Old French bon homme ‘good man’ (from Latin bonus homo), or from a Middle English personal name of the same etymology.
possibly also a habitational name from Bonham in Stourton (Wiltshire), which is likely manorial in origin, taking its name from that of an early owner with the same name as in 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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