Brief Life History of Jane Elizabeth Meacher
When Jane Elizabeth Meacher Weatherbe was born on 28 May 1841, in Bedeque, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada, her father, Jonathan Weatherbee, was 36 and her mother, Mary Ann Baker, was 27. She married Francis Chase on 26 July 1864, in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United States in 1905. She died on 15 February 1914, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 72.
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- Elizabeth Belle in household of F L Chase, "New York State Census, 1905"
- Jennie M. Weatherbee, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
- Jennie Elizabeth Bell, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Yorkshire named Wetherby, from Old Norse vethr ‘wether, castrated ram’ + bý ‘farmstead, village’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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