Brief Life History of Martha Jane
When Martha Jane Chambers was born on 20 January 1848, in Wilkinson, Georgia, United States, her father, Berrian Chambers, was 28 and her mother, Nancy Pickles, was 26. She had at least 4 sons and 7 daughters with John Early Duce Sr.. She lived in District 1071, Taylor, Georgia, United States in 1880 and Election Precinct 2 Balkum, Henry, Alabama, United States in 1900. She died on 5 January 1918, in Houston, Alabama, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Houston, Alabama, United States.
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- Martha J Duke in household of James E Duke, "United States Census, 1880"
- Martha Jane Duce, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
- Jane Chambers in entry for Ida Virginia Register, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
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1857
Historical Boundaries: 1857: Early, Georgia, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
English:
from Middle English chaumbre ‘room (in a house); reception room in a palace or official building’ (Old French chambre). It is identical in implied function with the Chamberlain , which denoted an official: to pay in cameram was to pay into the exchequer, of which the camerarius or chamberer was in charge. The surname also applied to clerks employed there. As the office of Chamberlain rose in the social scale, this term remained reserved for more humble servants of the bedchamber or private quarters.
(of Norman origin): habitational name from Les Chambres, Manche (France).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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