Brief Life History of Benjamin Franklin
When Benjamin Franklin Bortel was born on 2 May 1851, in Wood, Ohio, United States, his father, Allen Bortel Sr, was 38 and his mother, Mary Oberdorf, was 29. He married Celia Amanda Smith on 29 December 1872, in Wood, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Monclova, Lucas, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Lucas, Ohio, United States in 1920. He died on 22 October 1927, in Monclova Township, Lucas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Swan Creek Cemetery, Monclova Township, Lucas, Ohio, United States.
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- Benjamin F Bostel in household of Allen Bostel, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Benjamin Franklin Bortel - Published information: birth-name: Benjamin Franklin Bortel
- Benjamin F Bortle, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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1853
Monclova Township was established on 14 March 1853 when Waynesfield Township was split into two smaller townships, Monclova and Springfield.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
North German: habitational name from Bordal near Hanover-Münden or a wooded area of the same name near Göttingen (both in Lower Saxony).
North German: metonymic occupational name for a tailor, derived from Middle Low German borde ‘trimming, hem, belt’.
Flemish (Van Bortel): probably a topographic name from bork(t) ‘birch(es)’ + lo ‘(open space in a) wood’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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