When Laura Emily Dole was born on 6 July 1845, in Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Abijah Hunt Dole, was 28 and her mother, Sibyl Tirrill Packard, was 31. She married William Stoddard Chatfield on 24 June 1869, in Manteno, Kankakee, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Manteno, Kankakee, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Township of Pilot, Kankakee, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 27 July 1911, in Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Mound Grove Cemetery, Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1854: Kankakee, Illinois, United States
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English: topographic name from Middle English dol, doil ‘portion or share of land’, especially in the common field (Old English dāl). The name might also denote someone who lived ‘(by the) boundary mark’, Middle English dol(e).
French (Dolé): nickname for a troubled or anxious person, from Old French dolé, past participle of doler ‘to regret’ (from Latin dolere ‘to hurt’).
Americanized form of French Daul , a surname of German origin.
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