Brief Life History of Caroline E.
When Caroline E. Snelling was born on 9 October 1865, in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States, her father, Josiah R Snelling, was 38 and her mother, Frances Emeline Hastings, was 40. She died on 31 October 1926, in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Caroline Snelling, "United States Census, 1870"
- Caroline E. Snelling, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Caroline E. Snelling, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
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.
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:
from the Middle English personal name Snelling (Old English Snelling), a derivative of Snell .
habitational name from Snelland (Lincolnshire), from the Old English personal name Snell (genitive Snelles) or the Old Norse personal name Snjallr (genitive Snjalls) + Old Norse lúndr ‘small wood, grove’. See Snell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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