Nancy Parmelia Boren

Brief Life History of Nancy Parmelia

When Nancy Parmelia Boren was born on 8 June 1849, in Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, James Britton Boren, was 32 and her mother, Nancy Ann McIntosh, was 38. She married Phillip Ballard on 15 June 1868, in Douglas, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Crescent Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1860. She died on 8 September 1908, in Soldier, Blaine, Idaho, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Camas, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Phillip Ballard
1843–1920
Nancy Parmelia Boren
1849–1908
Marriage: 15 June 1868
Lydia Adelaide Ballard
1869–1948
James Philip Ballard
1871–1923
William Amos Ballard
1873–1874
Francis Lauretta Ballard
1876–1877
Nancy Elizabeth Ballard
1878–1932
Elmer Edward Ballard
1882–1915
Irene Margaret Ballard
1886–1983
Josephine Ethel Ballard
1890–1893
John Halford Ballard
1895–1974

Sources (13)

  • Nancy Ballard in household of Phil Ballard, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Nancy P Ballard, "Idaho, County Birth and Death Records, 1883-1929"
  • Nancy P. Boran, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"

World Events (8)

1856

The Geographic Names Information System(GNIS) indicates opened as Ellisdale 04/03/1856. Name changed to Crescent City 05/16/1857. Name changed to Crescent 06/18/1883.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

Swedish (also Borén): ornamental name composed of an unexplained first element + the adjectival suffix -én/-en, a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’. Compare Boreen and Borin .

Polish (Boreń): from a pet form of the personal names like Borzysław (see Bora 1).

Probably also an Americanized form of German Born .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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