When Melissa Jane Soule was born on 11 December 1836, in Palermo, Waldo, Maine, United States, her father, Samuel Riley Soule, was 36 and her mother, Bridget Elizabeth Marden, was 34. She married Eben Hinkley in 1853. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1870. She died on 25 June 1902, in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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Chicago switched over from a town to a city after many people sailed into the port there or traveled by foot to the fast growing area.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The Lager Beer Riot came at a time in Chicago's history where large waves of Irish and German immigrants moved to the city. The Riot was started because the Mayor of the city renewed enforcement of an old liquor ordinance mandating that taverns be closed on Sundays and to raise the cost of a license to sell liquor from $50 to $300 each year. This didn't sit well with the German immigrants because they felt like it was directed towards them and their heritage. There was only one death throughout the time of the riot, though protesters claimed that it was more.
English (Gloucestershire): of Norman origin, a variant of Soul .
French (Soulé): topographic name for someone who lived in a house exposed to sun, a variant of Soulier 2; or a habitational name from Soulé, the name of several places in the southwestern part of France.
History: George Soule (1600–80), one of the passengers on the Mayflower in 1620, was one of the founders of Duxbury, MA, where he became comparatively wealthy. He left eight children.
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