When Amelia Ann Bliss was born on 5 September 1838, in Munson Township, Geauga, Ohio, United States, her father, Ambrose K Bliss, was 34 and her mother, Esther Ann Varney, was 31. She married Byron Gilman on 4 July 1859, in Fennimore, Grant, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Cheyenne, Nebraska, United States in 1900 and Redington, Morrill, Nebraska, United States in 1910. She died on 24 August 1916, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Redington Cemetery, Redington, Morrill, Nebraska, United States.
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By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
Historical Boundaries: 1839: Lake, Illinois, United States
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.
English: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle English blisse ‘joy’. Compare Blissett .
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from the village of Blay in Calvados, France, recorded in 1077 in the form Bleis. The village of Stoke Bliss in Worcestershire takes the second part of its name from a Norman family de Blez, recorded several times in the county from the 13th century.
German: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle High German blīde ‘happy, friendly’. It is also found in France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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