Brief Life History of Olive
When Olive Underhill was born on 10 October 1848, in West Grove, Center Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States, her father, Alfred Underhill, was 37 and her mother, Hannah Haworth, was 32. She married Arthur A. Brooks about 1865, in Wayne, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Clay Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States in 1860. She died on 26 December 1869, at the age of 21, and was buried in Greens Fork, Clay Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States.
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- Olive Underhill in household of Alfred Underhill, "United States Census, 1860"
- Olive Brooks Underhill, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (6)
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived below or in the lee of a hill, from Middle English under + hill.
History: John Underhill (c. 1597–1672) was born in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England. His father was a mercenary in the Netherlands, and he himself became a cadet in the Prince of Orange's guards. In 1630 he emigrated to Boston, MA, where he was appointed captain of militia. In 1664–65 he played a significant role in helping to bring the Dutch colony of New Netherland under English control.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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