Brief Life History of Priscilla
When Priscilla Fritz was born on 8 December 1851, in Springfield Township, Mahoning, Ohio, United States, her father, Daniel Ilgenfritz, was 44 and her mother, Hester "Hetty" Nailor, was 40. She married Henry J. Lance on 20 May 1866, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Wakeshma Township, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States for about 10 years. She died on 8 August 1909, in Leonidas Township, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Fulton, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States.
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- Priscilla Lantz, "United States Census, 1900"
- Priscilla Fritz, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
- Priscilla Fritz Lance, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
German: from a pet form of the personal name Friedrich . This form of the surname is also found in Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, and France (Alsace and Lorraine), and also in central European countries such as Slovenia, Croatia, Czechia, and Slovakia, where it is more often spelled in the Slavicized form Fric (see below).
Americanized or Germanized form of Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, and Croatian Fric: from the personal name Fric, a pet form, of German origin (see above), of Old Czech and Slovak Fridrich, Slovenian Friderik, Croatian Fridrik, equivalents of German Friedrich .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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