Brief Life History of Celiva
When Celiva Schexnayder was born on 30 October 1879, in Abbeville, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States, her father, Leo Jules Schexnayder, was 25 and her mother, Amelia Touchet, was 27. She married Jean Suire on 16 December 1895, in Abbeville, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Ward Six, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States for about 40 years. She died on 23 November 1956, in Vermilion, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Suire Cemetery, Forked Island, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States.
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- Selevia Martin in household of Felix Martin, "United States Census, 1940"
- Celiva Schexnayder, "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934"
- Celiva Schernider Martin, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Desire, Emile, Marcel, Alcee, Alphonse, Andrus, Camille, Damien, Felicien, Francois, Gaston.
Americanized form of North German Schachtschneider: occupational name for someone who cut shafts for spears and lances, from Middle Low German schacht ‘shaft’ + snīder ‘cutter’. It is found mainly in LA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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