Brief Life History of Mary Frances
When Mary Frances Ellis was born about 1843, in Hendricks, Indiana, United States, her father, George Paris Ellis, was 27 and her mother, Mary Ann Hampton, was 28. She married Charles L. McAdams on 10 March 1861, in Keokuk, Iowa, United States. She lived in Montrose, Lee, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Van Buren Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States in 1860. She died on 14 May 1862, in Keokuk, Iowa, United States, at the age of 20.
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- Mary F Ellis in household of G P Ellis, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mary F. Ellis, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Mary F Ellis in household of George P Ellis, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (5)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Iowa is the 29th state.
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.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Elis, an Old French vernacular form of Elias, the Latin and New Testament Greek form of Hebrew Eliyahu; see Elijah and compare Elias , Lias , Ely .
English: possibly in some instances from the Middle English female personal name Elice, a pet form of Elizabeth .
Welsh: from Elis, a shortened form of the Welsh personal name Elisse (earlier Elisedd, a derivative of elus ‘kindly, benevolent’). As usual in Welsh, the stress in Elisse is on the penultimate syllable -li-, which shifts to initial El- when the name is shortened to Elis. It later became confused with Ellis in 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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