Brief Life History of Sophronia Jennie
When Sophronia Jennie Ellis was born on 7 December 1850, in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Jedediah Ellis, was 28 and her mother, Harriet Augusta Moffitt, was 23. She married Isaac Henry Sickler about 1867, in Pulaski, Richland, Oswego, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin, United States in 1900 and Moline, Rock Island, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. She died on 3 October 1927, in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States, at the age of 76.
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- Sophrone Lefingwell in household of Millo Lefingwell, "United States Census, 1920"
- Sophronio Leffingwell, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Sophora Sickler, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
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1854 · The Creation of the Republican Party
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim that the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Elis, an Old French vernacular form of Elias, the Latin and New Testament Greek form of Hebrew Eliyahu; see Elijah and compare Elias , Lias , Ely .
English: possibly in some instances from the Middle English female personal name Elice, a pet form of Elizabeth .
Welsh: from Elis, a shortened form of the Welsh personal name Elisse (earlier Elisedd, a derivative of elus ‘kindly, benevolent’). As usual in Welsh, the stress in Elisse is on the penultimate syllable -li-, which shifts to initial El- when the name is shortened to Elis. It later became confused with Ellis in 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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