Brief Life History of Rosella "Ella" Jane
When Rosella "Ella" Jane Hart was born on 3 April 1853, in Peru, LaSalle, Illinois, United States, her father, Gustavus Hart, was 33 and her mother, Mary Jane Parker, was 20. She married David Harvey Chase on 24 November 1878, in Fremont, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Election Precinct 21 Bostwick, Putnam, Florida, United States in 1910 and Dayton, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States in 1910. She died on 5 January 1915, in United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Ella Chase in household of David Chase, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ella Jane Hart - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Ella Jane Hart
- Ella Jane Hart, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
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1854 · The Creation of the Republican Party
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim that the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
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.
Name Meaning
English and North German: nickname from Middle English hert (Old English heorot), Middle Low German hërte, harte ‘hart, stag’, perhaps for a quick-footed or timorous individual.
German: variant of Hardt 1 and 2. It is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name or nickname from German and Yiddish hart ‘hard’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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