William Eller

Brief Life History of William

When William Eller was born in 1803, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States, his father, Peter Eller Jr., was 30 and his mother, Mary Anne Pennington, was 21. He married Sarah McGlamery about 1825, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States for about 30 years and North Carolina, United States in 1870.

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Family Time Line

William Eller
1803–
Sarah McGlamery
1806–1880
Marriage: about 1825
Peter Eller
1821–1908
Nancy Eller
1830–
Caroline Ellen Eller
1846–
William Eller
1835–
Mary Eller
1837–
Alpha Jane Eller
1839–1906
Henry Harrison Eller
1840–1912

Sources (5)

  • Wm Eller, "United States Census, 1860"
  • William Eller, "United States Census, 1830"
  • William Eller, "United States Census, 1840"

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World Events (8)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1804 · Walton War

The Walton War was a border dispute between Georgia and North Carolina, when Georgia established Walton County. The main piece of land being fought over was called the Orphan Strip and was located between North Carolina and Georgia. It started in 1804 and became part of the War of 1812 and lasted until 1818.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

North German: topographic name for someone who lived by an alder tree, from Middle Low German elre, alre ‘alder’.

German: habitational name from any of the places in the North Rhine and Mosel areas, so called from an old stream name Elera, Alira, of Celtic origin.

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Heller , reflecting varieties of Yiddish in which there is no h.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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