Brief Life History of Martha Jane
When Martha Jane Hancock was born on 18 August 1876, in Kentucky, United States, her father, George Taylor Hancock, was 27 and her mother, Margaret Elizabeth Walker, was 22. She married William Lindell Ealey on 1 April 1892, in Sangamon, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Mechanicsburg, Sangamon, Illinois, United States in 1930 and Denver, Colorado, United States in 1956. She died on 4 September 1929, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Mechanicsburg, Sangamon, Illinois, United States.
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- Martha Ealey in household of William Ealey, "United States Census, 1930"
- Martha Jane Ealey, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Illinois, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900
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World Events (8)
1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
1886
Historical Boundaries: 1886: Sangamon, Illinois, United States
1892 · The Chicago Canal
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Hann + the hypocoristic suffix -cok, which was commonly added to personal names (see Cocke ).
Dutch: from Middle Dutch hanecoc ‘winkle, periwinkle’ (a type of shellfish), probably a metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered and sold shellfish.
History: Thomas Hancock, the uncle of Declaration of Independence signatory John Hancock (1736/7–93), was among the foremost of 18th-century American businessmen. He was a descendant of Nathaniel Hancock, who was known to have been in Cambridge, MA, as early as 1634. Born in Braintree, MA, John Hancock was president of the Second Continental Congress and the first governor of the state of MA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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