Brief Life History of Harriet Genevra
When Harriet Genevra Evans was born on 18 October 1840, in New York, United States, her father, Henry Evans, was 22 and her mother, Lucinda White, was 22. She married Huron Loomis on 3 March 1861, in McHenry, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Tenmile, Whatcom, Washington, United States in 1920. She died on 21 September 1927, in Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Whatcom, Washington, United States.
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- Harriett G Hamilton, "United States Census, 1920"
- Geneva Evans, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Hariett G. Hamilton, "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Welsh: derivative of Evan , from Efan, Ifan, medieval forms of Ieuan (from Latin Johannes, the source of English John), dating from c. 1500, with the post-medieval patronymic suffix -s. Welsh Sion was a separate borrowing of English John, and Evan (Ieuan) and Sion developed as independent names.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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