Ida Jane Bailey

Brief Life History of Ida Jane

When Ida Jane Bailey was born on 10 January 1853, in Henrietta Township, Lorain, Ohio, United States, her father, Curtis Bailey, was 22 and her mother, Lovina Ruth Whitney, was 21. She married Horace David Seeley on 11 March 1872, in Lorain, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States for about 5 years and Kansas, United States in 1905. She died on 8 July 1909, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Horace David Seeley
1852–1908
Ida Jane Bailey
1853–1909
Marriage: 11 March 1872
Fred Burton Seeley
1872–1899
Frank Erwin Seeley
1875–1951
Enola May Seeley
1879–1933
Leona Esther Seeley
1893–1969

Sources (16)

  • I Seeley in household of H Seeley, "Kansas State Census, 1895"
  • Ida J Seeley, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Ida J Bailey, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

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1854

Historical Boundaries: 1854: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1854: Kansas Territory, United States 1855: Douglas, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Douglas, Kansas, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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.

Name Meaning

English: status name for a steward or official, from Middle English bailli ‘manager, administrator’ (Old French baillis, from Late Latin baiulivus, an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant, carrier, porter’).

English: habitational name from Bailey in Little Mitton, Lancashire, named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

English: occasionally a topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, from Middle English (Old French) bailli ‘outer courtyard of a castle’ (Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’, a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’). This term became a placename in its own right, denoting a district beside a fortification or wall, as in the case of the Old Bailey in London, which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city.

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

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