Brief Life History of Emelie
When Emelie Schexnayder was born in November 1880, in Vermilion, Louisiana, United States, her father, Eugene Schexnayder, was 41 and her mother, Marie Catherine Eramise "Remise" Hargrave, was 35. She had at least 3 sons and 5 daughters with Frank Fontenot. She lived in Ward Five, Acadia, Louisiana, United States in 1920. She died on 5 May 1963, in Crowley, Acadia, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Crowley, Acadia, Louisiana, United States.
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- Emmelie S Fontenot, "United States 1950 Census"
- Emelie Schexnayder, "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934"
- Emily Schexnayder Fontenot, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
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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