Brief Life History of Millard Filmore
When Millard Filmore Moreland was born on 13 August 1861, in Fairfield Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States, his father, David E. Moreland, was 46 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Reed, was 34. He married Carrie Josephine Warner on 1 November 1888, in Cedar, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Denver, Colorado, United States for about 10 years and Cedar, Iowa, United States in 1935. He died on 17 August 1941, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Millard F Moreland, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Millard Filmore Moreland, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Willard F. Moreland, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1871
Historical Boundaries: 1871: El Paso, Colorado Territory, United States 1876: El Paso, Colorado, United States
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Morland (Westmorland), derived from Old Norse mór ‘moor, marsh’ + lundr ‘grove’.
English: from Middle English more ‘moor, marsh, fen’ + land ‘land’, either topographic for someone who lives on moorland or habitational name from one or other of the many minor places with this name.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Murghaláin ‘son of Murghalán’, a personal name based on a diminutive of Murghal, which is composed of elements meaning ‘sea’ + ‘valour’. Compare Murley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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The Will and Contested Probate of David Moreland of Cedar Co., Iowa, 1898
David Moreland of Fairfield township, Cedar County, Iowa prepared his Will on 3 July 1897. He was 82 years old had been a resident of the County for over 40 years. David died on 22 March 1898 and his …
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