Ida Mae Bilyeu

Female23 June 1869–28 May 1915

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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Family Time Line

William Perry Tilley
1862–1937
Ida Mae Bilyeu
1869–1915
Marriage: 17 March 1897
Stella Mae Tilly
1898–1965
Ray Bryan Tilley
1899–1963
Floyd E. Tilley
1901–1971
Effie Amanda Tilley
1903–1981

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"

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  • Marriage
    17 March 1897
  • Children (4)

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    World Events (8)

    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

    Age 1

    Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

    1871

    Age 2

    In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.

    1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

    Age 13

    A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

    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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