Brief Life History of Helena C
When Helena C Usher was born on 15 October 1839, in Knox, Illinois, United States, her father, Seymour A "See" Usher, was 28 and her mother, Anna Maria Gardner, was 19. She married Nelson Ribble on 16 January 1859, in Fayette Township, Linn, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Clinton Township, Linn, Iowa, United States for about 30 years and Liberty Township, Buchanan, Iowa, United States in 1910. She died on 8 April 1925, at the age of 85, and was buried in Palo Cemetery, Palo, Linn, Iowa, United States.
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- Helena C Ribble, "United States Census, 1910"
- Hellma Usher, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
- Helena C Usher Ribble, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English usher ‘usher, doorkeeper’, Old French (le) ussier, huissier, Anglo-Norman French usser, from Late Latin ustiarius, a derivative of classical Latin ostium ‘door, gate’. The term was also used in the Middle Ages of a court official charged with accompanying a person of rank on ceremonial occasions, and this may be a partial source of the surname. This name has been in Ireland since 1302, when John le Ussher was constable of Dublin Castle, and has sometimes been used as an equivalent of Hesson .
Jewish (from Poland and Ukraine): from a southern Yiddish pronunciation of the Yiddish male personal name Osher (Hebrew Asher ).
History: Hezekiah Usher (died 1676) is buried in King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, MA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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