Brief Life History of Anna
When Anna Ledoux was born about 1860, in Dakota Territory, United States, her father, Abraham Prudent Ledoux, was 48 and her mother, Marguerite Goyette, was 39. She married Nelson William Cusick in 1874. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Clay, Dakota Territory, United States in 1880. She died on 6 August 1894, in Burbank, Clay, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Vermillion, Clay, South Dakota, United States.
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- Ann Gusick in household of Nelson W Gusick, "United States Census, 1880"
- Anna Laowe, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Anna Ludue, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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World Events (8)
1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Marcel, Andre, Armand, Pierre, Gabrielle, Lucien, Camille, Colette, Donat, Normand, Adrien, Aime.
French:
nickname for a gentle-natured man, from the adjective doux ‘sweet, mild-mannered, gentle’ (from Latin dulcis), with fused masculine definite article le. Compare Ladeau , Ladieu , Ladoux , Ladue , and Sweet .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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