When Florence E Soule was born in March 1862, in Cuba, Lake, Illinois, United States, her father, Rev. James Harvey Soule, was 37 and her mother, Julia Ann Rolfe, was 39. She married Charles Henry Blewfield on 11 January 1882, in McHenry, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Burritt Township, Winnebago, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Rockford Township, Winnebago, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 11 April 1954, in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Willwood Burial Park, Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
English (Gloucestershire): of Norman origin, a variant of Soul .
French (Soulé): topographic name for someone who lived in a house exposed to sun, a variant of Soulier 2; or a habitational name from Soulé, the name of several places in the southwestern part of France.
History: George Soule (1600–80), one of the passengers on the Mayflower in 1620, was one of the founders of Duxbury, MA, where he became comparatively wealthy. He left eight children.
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