Brief Life History of Rachel Hicks
When Rachel Hicks Orvis was born on 2 August 1840, in Whitby Township, Ontario, Canada West, British Colonial America, her father, Silas Orvis, was 47 and her mother, Sarah Gregory, was 40. She married George Washington Hambleton on 12 December 1861, in Ontario, Malheur, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Uxbridge Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1871 and Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1911. She died on 1 March 1926, in Hudson, Summit, Ohio, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Hudson, Summit, Ohio, United States.
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- Rachel H Shell in household of Hiram Shell, "Canada Census, 1911"
- Rachel Hamelton, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Rachel H Shell, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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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.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (Suffolk): probably a habitational name of Norman origin, from Orvaux in Normandy, France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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