Brief Life History of Elmina
When Elmina Presler was born on 30 November 1848, in Big Spring Township, Seneca, Ohio, United States, her father, William M Pressler, was 31 and her mother, Elmina Boden, was 33. She died on 24 August 1860, at the age of 11.
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1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Ari, Amnon, Aron, Nechama.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Pressler 1.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for someone who ironed clothes, from Yiddish pres ‘flat iron’ + the agent suffix -ler.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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