Brief Life History of Josephine Lavesta
When Josephine Lavesta Prevost was born on 9 September 1857, in Wayne, Webster Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States, her father, Joseph Zerry Prevost Jr., was 47 and her mother, Eliza Jane Insley, was 29. She married William Alexander Blaylock on 4 August 1878, in Villisca, Montgomery, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Hood River, Hood River, Oregon, United States for about 20 years and Lake Grove, Clackamas, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 9 October 1941, in Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Hood River, Oregon, United States.
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- Josephine Blaylock in household of William A Blaylock, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Josephine Prevost, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
- Josephine Lovesta Prevost Blaylock in entry for Pearl Blaylock, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Births, 1842-1917"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870
Historical Boundaries 1870: Wayne, Indiana, United States
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Adrien, Alphonse, Fernand, Jacques, Marcel, Pierre, Serge, Alban, Andree, Camille, Francois.
French (Prévost): from Old French prevost ‘provost’ (from Latin praepositus, past participle of praeponere ‘to place in charge’), a status name for any of various public officials in a position of responsibility, probably also used as a nickname for a self-important person. Compare Provost .
English: occupational name from Middle English prevost, prefest, variants of Provost 2, a cognate of 1 above. In most cases, however, the surname in Britain is of French (Huguenot) origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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