Brief Life History of Deidama
When Deidama Pritchett was born on 7 May 1846, in Marion, Williamson, Illinois, United States, her father, John Pritchett, was 29 and her mother, Edna Moore, was 27. She had at least 1 son with Davidson. She died in 1912, in Williamson, Illinois, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Moore Cemetery, East Marion Precinct, Williamson, Illinois, United States.
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- D*Danna Prichet in household of John Prichet, "United States Census, 1850"
- Illinois Probate Records, 1819-1988; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-4S91-G9?cc=1834344&wc=SFK1-T38%3A162587201%2C162587202
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1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Rhisiart ‘son ofRichard’. Compare Pritchard .
English (Midlands): from a diminutive of Middle English prik(e), prich ‘point’, ‘prick’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of any of various pointed instruments, or a nickname for a tall, thin man.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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