Brief Life History of Laurettee
When Laurettee Bissell was born on 30 October 1791, in Randolph, Orange, Vermont, United States, her father, Elias Randolph Bissell, was 32 and her mother, Dorothy Leavitt, was 24. She married Truman Luce on 1 November 1813, in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 28 May 1865, in Lancaster, Erie, New York, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Lancaster Rural Cemetery, Lancaster, Erie, New York, United States.
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- Lorrette Lace in household of Truman Lace, "United States Census, 1860"
- Laurettee Bissell, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
- Laurette Bissell Luce, "Find A Grave Index"
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1808
The beautiful Lancaster Rural Cemetery, located at the northwest corner of Cemetery Road and Broadway, is the oldest cemetery in the Town of Lancaster. It was formed from a plot of land donated in 1808 by Captain James Clark, one of the original settlers of Cayuga Creek Settlement, later to be known as Lancaster. The first burial took place in March 1812, and a large marble pedestal with a spherical top commemorates the site. Each pioneer family was expected to give two one-half days to care for the Centre Place as it was originally called.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English buyscel, busshell, bysshell ‘bushel, measure of grain’ (Old French boissel, buissel, of Gaulish origin), hence a metonymic occupational name for a grain merchant or factor, one who measured grain. The name may also have been applied to a maker of vessels designed to hold or measure out a bushel.
Americanized form of German Bissel, of unexplained etymology. The surname Bissel is also found in France (Alsace).
History: The surname Bissell of French (ultimately possibly German; see 2 above) origin is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of America.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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