Brief Life History of Emily
When Emily Ellis was born in 1834, in Indiana, United States, her father, Bradford Ellis, was 23 and her mother, Elizabeth Ellis, was 20. She married Thomas Prall on 18 August 1853, in Van Buren, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Des Moines Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States in 1880. She died on 21 July 1871, at the age of 37, and was buried in Keosauqua, Van Buren, Iowa, United States.
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- Emely Prall in household of Thonas Prall, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Emily Ellis - Published information: Family genealogies: birth: 1835; Van Buren, Iowa, United States
- Emily Ellis, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1836 · The Massive Internal Improvements Act
The Massive Internal Improvements Act of 1836 loaned Indiana $10,000,000 to create infrastructure such as canals, railroads, and roads across the state. The act was signed by Whig Governor Noah Noble and passed by the Indiana General Assembly. However, the financial crisis known as the Panic of 1837 thwarted these plans as costs ballooned. Construction on the infrastructure was not completed and the state debt rapidly increased.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Elis, an Old French vernacular form of Elias, the Latin and New Testament Greek form of Hebrew Eliyahu; see Elijah and compare Elias , Lias , Ely .
English: possibly in some instances from the Middle English female personal name Elice, a pet form of Elizabeth .
Welsh: from Elis, a shortened form of the Welsh personal name Elisse (earlier Elisedd, a derivative of elus ‘kindly, benevolent’). As usual in Welsh, the stress in Elisse is on the penultimate syllable -li-, which shifts to initial El- when the name is shortened to Elis. It later became confused with Ellis in 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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