Brief Life History of Anna Maria
When Anna Maria Nicholson was born about 1858, in Illinois, United States, her father, Miles M Nicholson, was 46 and her mother, Nancy McLaughlin, was 27. She married John Reed Christy on 9 December 1878, in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Stephenson, Rock Island, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Richmond, Virginia, United States in 1965. She died on 24 April 1914, in Henrico, Virginia, United States, at the age of 57.
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- Maria Nicholson in household of Miles Nicholson, "United States Census, 1860"
- Anna M Christy, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Anna M Odell, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
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World Events (8)
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (northern) and Scottish: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Nic(h)olas or the vernacular form Nic(h)ol + son; see Nichol , Nicholas . In Scotland the name was sometimes substituted for McNichol .
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Nicolaisen or Nikolaisen , or of the Swedish cognate Niklasson, patronymics from equivalents of the personal name Nicholas .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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