Brief Life History of Florence Olivia
When Florence Olivia Clewell was born on 12 April 1860, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, her father, Theophilus George Clewell, was 30 and her mother, Anna Mariah Miller, was 23. She married Thomas Samuel Dowse on 22 March 1881. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Independence Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1900. She died on 25 August 1900, in Southpark, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.
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- Florence O Douse, "United States Census, 1900"
- Lillie F. Clewell, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Florencce Dowse, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · Cleveland Police Department Established
The Cleveland Police Department was created under the Metropolitan Police Act by the Ohio General Assembly. It was headed by a board of police commissioners tasked with the job of appointing a superintendent and officers. The department had become more innovated, starting with adopting the callbox system, using police wagons, and forming mounted units. In 1903, the department was handed over to the city to fund and control it.
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.
Name Meaning
Altered form of French Clavel .
History: The first American bearers of the surname Clewell settled in PA by 1737. They were descendants of French Huguenot refugees who fled from Dauphiné to Baden, Germany, in the late 17th century, when Protestants in France endured persecution following revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685; their surname is listed (in the forms Clavell and Clewell) in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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