When Alanson Sr. Ely was born on 5 July 1806, in Marshall, Oneida, New York, United States, his father, Thomas Ely, was 39 and his mother, Eunice Morley, was 36. He married Eveline Frasier on 11 October 1827, in Marshall, Oneida, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Stockton, Chautauqua, New York, United States in 1850 and Berlin, Green Lake, Wisconsin, United States in 1860. He died on 20 September 1862, in Waukau, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 56.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Historical Boundaries 1808: Chautauqua, New York, United States
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
English: habitational name from Ely, a cathedral city on an island in the fens north of Cambridge, so named from Old English ǣl ‘eel’ + gē ‘district’.
English, French, and Breton (Finistère): from the Middle English, Old French personal name Elie, Hely (Elijah in the King James Bible); see Ellis and Elias .
English: variant of Healey .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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