Luella Jane Weaver

Brief Life History of Luella Jane

When Luella Jane Weaver was born on 3 October 1867, in Bell Plain Township, Marshall, Illinois, United States, her father, Robert M. Weaver, was 38 and her mother, Angeline Dunbar Shultz, was 35. She lived in Logansport, Indiana, United States in 1900. She died on 17 February 1915, in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert M. Weaver
1830–1900
Angeline Dunbar Shultz
1832–1924
Luella Jane Weaver
1867–1915
Robert B. Weaver
1869–
Mary Alice Weaver
1871–1910
Anna Frances Weaver
1874–1940

Sources (10)

  • CENSUS: IN, Marion Co., Center Township, Indianapolis City, North Pennsylvania Street, Ella J Weaver, "United States, Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Ella Jane Weaver - Government record: Burial record or certificate: birth-name: Ella Jane Weaver
  • DEATH NEWS: IN, Evansville, Evansville Journal, Miss Ella J Weaver, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2013"

World Events (8)

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

1871

In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name, from an agent derivative of Middle English weven ‘to weave’ (Old English wefan).

English: habitational name from a place on the Weaver river in Cheshire, now called Weaver Hall but recorded simply as Weuere in the 13th and 14th centuries. The river name is from Old English wēfer(e) ‘winding stream’.

Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘weaver’, for example German Weber , Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Tkacz or Tkach , Hungarian Takács (see Takacs ), and Slovenian Tkalec, Tekavec or Veber .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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