Brief Life History of Ella Evangeline
When Ella Evangeline Nellis was born on 16 March 1859, in Herkimer, New York, United States, her father, Rev Peter Spraker Nellis, was 37 and her mother, Karolina Merkel, was 28. She married George Henry Simmons on 18 December 1878, in Stone Arabia, Palatine, Montgomery, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Birmingham, Van Buren, Iowa, United States in 1910 and Union Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States in 1920. She died on 1 January 1935, in Keosauqua, Van Buren, Iowa, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Van Buren, Iowa, United States.
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- Ella Nells in household of Peter Nells, "United States Census, 1870"
- Ella Evangeline Simmons, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
- Ella Nellis in entry for Geo L Simmons, "Iowa, Old Age Tax Assistance Records, 1934-1958"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864
Historical Boundaries: 1864: Macon, Illinois, United States
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Flemish and German: variant of Nelis .
Irish (Ulster): shortened form of Mac Niallghuis, see McNelis , Nelis .
English (North Yorkshire): of uncertain origin. A derivation from Middle English Nellis, an unrecorded rhyming pet form of Ellis, is not impossible. Alternatively, it might be variant of Neels , though this name is rarely recorded in northern England. The earliest spellings of the name have final -t (Nellist), generally assumed to be excrescent, and not original to the name, but the ubiquity of this feature suggests it may be intrinsic to the true etymology.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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