Brief Life History of Ellen Maria
When Ellen Maria Wolcott was born on 5 March 1837, in Bennington, Vermont, United States, her father, Ebenezer Wolcott, was 28 and her mother, Fannie Bates, was 25. She married John Flavel Day in 1857, in Bennington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Vermont, United States in 1870. She died on 9 February 1916, in Colchester, Chittenden, Vermont, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Colchester Village Cemetery, Colchester, Chittenden, Vermont, United States.
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- Ellen Day in household of J F Day, "United States Census, 1860"
- Ellen M Wolcott Day, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ellen Day in entry for Denny May Day, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864 · St. Albans Raid
St. Albans Raid took place on October 19, 1864. It was a Confederate raid from Canada into Union territory. Confederate soldiers that were in Canada raided the town of St. Albans killed one person and robbed three banks.
Name Meaning
English (Devon and Surrey): habitational name from Wollacott in Thrushelton (Devon), named from the Old English personal name Wulfnōth + cot ‘cottage, hut, shelter’. This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.
History: Henry Wolcott (1578–1655), clothier, came from Tolland, Somerset, England, and settled in Windsor, CT, in 1636. His grandson Roger (1679–1767) was colonial governor of CT; his great-grandson Oliver (1726–1797) was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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