Brief Life History of Alia Melissa
When Alia Melissa Germany was born in November 1847, in Union, Newton, Mississippi, United States, her father, James Hardy Germany Sr, was 38 and her mother, Susan Spear, was 28. She married William Austin Bounds in 1867, in Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Beat 5, Jasper, Mississippi, United States in 1870 and Shubuta, Clarke, Mississippi, United States in 1880. She died after 1880.
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Sources (5)
- Melissa Germany, "United States Census, 1850"
- B E Bounds in household of W A Bounds, "United States Census, 1860"
- Malissie Rounds in household of William A Rounds, "United States Census, 1870"
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World Events (6)
1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English (eastern): habitational name from Middle English Germanie, denoting the parts of Continental Europe inhabited by ancient Germanic peoples.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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