When Alice Raymond was born on 30 October 1857, in Brown, Illinois, United States, her father, Charles Lewis Raymond, was 31 and her mother, Martha M Nokes, was 25. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1870.
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Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Some characteristic forenames: French Normand, Andre, Camille, Jacques, Lucien, Armand, Francois, Emile, Fernand, Gilles, Laurier, Marcel.
English and French: from the Norman personal name Raimund or Raimond, from ancient Germanic Raginmund, composed of the elements ragin ‘advice, counsel’ + mund ‘protection’. Compare Ramo and Raymo .
Americanized form of Italian Raimondo and German Raimund, cognates of 1 above. Compare Raimond .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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