Brief Life History of Lusana
When Lusana Cammack was born on 8 November 1856, in Henry, Iowa, United States, her father, Amos Cammack Jr, was 25 and her mother, Elizabeth Jay, was 24. She married Benjamin Thomas Adamson on 31 December 1875, in Marion, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Red Willow, Red Willow, Nebraska, United States in 1885. She died on 15 October 1932, in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Greenfield Cemetery, Greenfield, Adair, Iowa, United States.
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- Susan Adamson in household of B F Adamson, "Nebraska State Census, 1885"
- Lucana Cammack, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
- Lusana Adamson, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872
Historical Boundaries: 1872: Nebraska, United States 1873: Red Willow, Nebraska, United States
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
Name Meaning
English (Lincolnshire): habitational name from Cammock in Settle, North Yorkshire, possibly a Celtic name meaning ‘crooked one’, referring to a lofty hill in a bend of the Ribble river.
English: perhaps a nickname for a prickly person, from Old English cammoc ‘thorny shrub’.
In some cases possibly also a shortened form of Irish McCammack .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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