Brief Life History of Jemima
When Jemima Mc Elfish was born on 16 March 1831, in Flintstone, Allegany, Maryland, United States, her father, John W. McElfish, was 25 and her mother, Rachael Middleton, was 16. She married Martin Luther Hetrick on 21 June 1853, in Allegany, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Washington Township, Cass, Iowa, United States in 1880. She died on 28 September 1898, in Algona, Kossuth, Iowa, United States, at the age of 67.
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- Mary Hetrick in household of Martin Hetrick, "United States Census, 1860"
- Jamina Mc Elfish, "Maryland County Marriages, 1658-1940"
- Jemima McElfish Hetrick, "Find A Grave Index"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1846
Iowa is the 29th state.
1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Kossuth, Iowa, United States
Name Meaning
Chinese:
Mandarin form of the surname 米, which means ‘rice’: (i) from one of the ‘Nine Sogdian Surnames’, also known as ‘nine surnames of Zhaowu’, because their ancestors came from Zhaowu, an ancient city in present-day Gansu province in northwestern China. During the Sui and Tang dynasties (581–987 AD ) there were nine Sogdian states in Central Asia, one of which was called Mi (米) in Chinese (located in present-day Uzbekistan). Between 649 and 655 AD , these states submitted to the Emperor Gaozong of Tang (628–683 AD ). Immigrants from the state of Mi to China acquired the surname 米. (ii) for some families, the surname is borne by descendants of Mi Fu (米芾), an artist in the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127 AD ), who claimed he was a descendant from the royal families of the state of Chu in the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC ) and changed his original surname 芈 to 米, a different Chinese character with the same pronunciation.
Mandarin form of the surname 宓 (also pronounced as Fu in Mandarin): (i) said to be borne by descendants of Fu Xi (伏羲), a legendary figure prior to the Xia dynasty (2070–1600 BC ). (ii) said to be traced back to Mi Kang Gong (密康公, also written as 宓康公, Duke Kang of Mi, died 922 BC ), ruler of the state of Mi during the Western Zhou dynasty (1046–771 BC ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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