Brief Life History of Mary Eliza
When Mary Eliza Livingston was born on 14 April 1854, in Clay, Indiana, United States, her father, William Head Livingston, was 32 and her mother, Dorothy Jane Cooper, was 28. She married Abner Evans in 1878. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Clay Township, Owen, Indiana, United States for about 60 years. She died on 5 February 1920, at the age of 65, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Washington Township, Owen, Indiana, United States.
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- May Livingston in household of Wm Livingston, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary E Livingston, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Mary E. Evans, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from a place in Lothian, originally named in Middle English as Levingston. The placename derives from the Middle English personal name Leving (genitive Levinges) + Middle English, Older Scots toun ‘town, village, settlement’.
Irish: surname adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Ó Duinnshléibhe and Mac Duinnshléibhe (see Dunleavy ).
Americanized form of Jewish Lowenstein .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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