Brief Life History of Ida Mae
When Ida Mae Bilyeu was born on 23 June 1869, in Christian, Illinois, United States, her father, Isaac Bilyeu, was 24 and her mother, Effadilla Workman, was 17. She married William Perry Tilley on 17 March 1897. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Clark, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Sitka, Clark, Kansas, United States in 1910. She died on 28 May 1915, in Prairie Grove, Washington, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Prairie Grove Cemetery, Drew, Arkansas, United States.
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Sources (5)
- Ida M Tilley in household of William Tilley, "United States Census, 1900"
- Ida M Tilly in household of William P Tilly, "United States Census, 1910"
- Ida May Tilley, "Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950"
Spouse and Children
1862–1937 Male
1869–1915 Female
Children (4)
1898–1965 Female
1899–1963 Male
1901–1971 Male
1903–1981 Female
Parents and Siblings
1844–1930 Male
1852–1901 Female
Siblings (11)
1869–1915 Female
1871– Male
1872–1941 Female
1873– Female
1875–1969 Female
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 1
1871
Age 2
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 13
Name Meaning
Americanized form of French Billiou: from the ancient Germanic personal name Biliwulf, composed of the elements bili ‘gentle’ and wulf ‘wolf’. Compare Belyeu and Bilyou .
History: The surname Bilyeu is listed along with its original form Billiou and altered forms Balliou and Barlow in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors. The Huguenot ancestor was Thomas Billiou, who fled from France in the first half of the 17th century (first to Flanders and then to the Netherlands); it was his (grand)son Pierre alias Peter Billiou who left the Netherlands and came with his wife and children to New Amsterdam in New Netherland (now New York City, NY) in 1661.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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