When Eliza Ellen Bliss was born on 17 July 1833, in Essex Junction, Essex, Chittenden, Vermont, United States, her father, Ambrose K Bliss, was 29 and her mother, Esther Ann Varney, was 26. She married David Marble Goodell in 1850. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Millville, Grant, Wisconsin, United States in 1860 and Fennimore, Grant, Wisconsin, United States in 1870. She died on 29 June 1900, in Mount Ida, Grant, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Mount Ida, Grant, Wisconsin, United States.
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The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery.
Historical Boundaries: 1836: Grant, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1848: Grant, Wisconsin, United States
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.
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.
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