Brief Life History of Helen Josephine
When Helen Josephine Cayvett was born on 4 May 1849, in Lapeer, Lapeer, Michigan, United States, her father, James H Cayvett, was 32 and her mother, Asenath S. Tripp, was 24. She married Silas Berton Reese on 14 October 1873. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Pocahontas, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Gipson Precinct 16, Weld, Colorado, United States in 1900. She died on 9 April 1926, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.
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- Hellen J Reese in household of Silas B Reese, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Helen Karill, "Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930"
- Ellen Josephine Reese, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
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1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Pocahontas, Iowa, United States
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
Name Meaning
Scottish (of French origin): altered form of French Cavet, which is either a diminutive of Cave 3 or a metonymic occupational name for a laborer, one who used a cavet, an Old Occitan word for a tool for clearing ground for cultivation.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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