When Caroline Ellen Noble was born on 31 May 1847, in New York, United States, her father, James Beach Noble, was 35 and her mother, Ellen Elizabeth Higgins, was 19. She married John Crowfoot Wheeler on 4 July 1863, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Brookfield, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years and Rock Elm, Pierce, Wisconsin, United States for about 40 years. She died on 28 April 1920, in Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Elmwood, Pierce, Wisconsin, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1853: Pierce, Wisconsin, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
English, Scottish, and French: status name or nickname from Middle English, Old French noble ‘high-born, distinguished, illustrious’ (from Latin nobilis), denoting someone of lofty birth or character, or someone who poses as a nobleman, or perhaps also ironically someone of low station. The surname has been established in Ireland since the 13th century, but was re-introduced in the 17th century and is now found mainly in Ulster. Compare French Lenoble .
Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) and German Knöbel, Knobel , and Nobel .
Spanish: nickname from noble ‘noble’ or ‘courteous, kind’ (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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