Brief Life History of Nellie Almira
When Nellie Almira Long was born on 15 September 1871, in Tonawanda, Erie, New York, United States, her father, Benjamin H. Long, was 38 and her mother, Almira Benedict, was 35. She married John R Calkins on 13 June 1889, in Tonawanda, Erie, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States for about 10 years and Cohocton, Steuben, New York, United States in 1940. She died on 8 January 1957, in Rochester Township, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States.
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- Nellie Long in household of Almira Long, "United States Census, 1880"
- Nellie L Conley, "Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001"
- Nellie A Calkins, "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1872 · The Amnesty Act
A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.
1895 · College Hall Catches on Fire
On January 27, 1895, College Hall catches on fire and is fully consumed within one hour. During the fire, many students and faculty work together to save many of the items in the building. Some of these are library books. They save the books by piling them onto the rugs and dragging them out of the burning building. College Hall is then later rebuilt and renamed Davis Hall after Governor John W. Davis.
Name Meaning
English and French: nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long, tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus). Compare Dulong and Lelong .
Irish (Ulster and Munster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan ).
German: variant of Lang ‘long’ and, in North America, also an altered form (translation into English) of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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