Brief Life History of Marilla Orphannia
When Marilla Orphannia Rowley was born on 4 April 1841, in Erie, New York, United States, her father, Edwin E. Rowley, was 34 and her mother, Johanna Tompkins, was 31. She married Charles Jackson Dennis in 1860, in Yorkshire, Cattaraugus, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Yorkshire, Cattaraugus, New York, United States for about 5 years and Pike, Pike, Wyoming, New York, United States for about 10 years. She died on 13 April 1900, in Greenbush Township, Clinton, Michigan, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Elsie, Duplain Township, Clinton, Michigan, United States.
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- Marilla Rouly in household of Edwin E Rouly, "United States Census, 1850"
- Marilla Orphonnia Rowley Dennis, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mrs Chas J Dennis in entry for Essie Dennis Kirby, "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847 · Moving the State Capital
The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one or more of various places called Rowley or Rowly, such as Rowley Regis (Staffordshire), Rowley (Devon, Durham), Rowleygreen Farm (Hertfordshire), Rowly (Surrey), Rowley (East Yorkshire), Rowley, near Bardsey (Yorkshire), Rowley in Lepton (Yorkshire), and Rowley Hill (Essex). The placenames probably all derive from Old English rūh ‘rough’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, though the East Yorkshire place may have been named with hlāw ‘mound, hill’ as the second element.
Irish: from Ó Roghallaigh, a variant of Ó Raghailligh. See Riley and O'Reilly .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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