Elbridge Palmer Sibley

Brief Life History of Elbridge Palmer

When Elbridge Palmer Sibley was born on 4 December 1868, in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Palmer Sibley, was 48 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Fairbanks, was 36. He married Edith Frances Bradley on 4 May 1892, in Blackstone, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 9 September 1899, in Blackstone, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 30.

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Family Time Line

Elbridge Palmer Sibley
1868–1899
Edith Frances Bradley
1871–1947
Marriage: 4 May 1892
Arthur Palmer Sibley
1895–1918
Harold Elbridge Sibley
1897–1994

Sources (14)

  • Elbridge P Libley in household of Palmer Libley, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Elbridge Sibley, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
  • Elbridge Palmer Sibley, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1870 · Giving all the right to vote

The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.

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.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English female personal name Sibily, Old French Sibilie, from Latin Sibilia, from Greek Sibylla, a title of obscure origin borne by various oracular priestesses in classical times. In Christian mythology the sibyls came to be classed as pagan prophets (who had prophesied the coming of Christ), and hence the name was an acceptable one that could be bestowed on a Christian child.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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