Brief Life History of Betsy Ann
When Betsy Ann Cornell was born on 19 May 1848, in Paris Township, Kent, Michigan, United States, her father, Charles M. Cornwell, was 27 and her mother, Cordelia Spaulding, was 24. She married Alonzo Perry Davis on 20 February 1863, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Leslie, Ingham, Michigan, United States in 1850. She died on 13 July 1915, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States.
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- Betsey A Cornell in household of Charles Cornell, "United States Census, 1850"
- Betsey Ann Cornell Davis, "Find A Grave Index"
- Betsy ... in entry for James N. Carlton and Clara Davis Sternbeck, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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1854 · Creation of the Republican Party
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English: shortened form of Cornwell , Cornwall , or of Cornhill, a habitational name from a place in Northumberland named Cornhill, from Old English corn, a metathesized form of cron, cran ‘crane’ + halh ‘nook, recess’; or from Cornhill in London, a medieval grain exchange, named with Old English corn ‘corn, grain’ + hyll ‘hill’, or from some other place elsewhere similarly named.
English: variant of Corney .
English: possibly also a nickname from French corneille ‘rook, crow’, probably denoting a chatterer or someone with dark hair or a dark complexion.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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