Brief Life History of Levi John
When Levi John Ellender was born on 24 May 1836, in Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States, his father, George Levi Elender, was 24 and his mother, Melissa Ann Ryan, was 22. He married Louise Melite Reon about 1855, in Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Louisiana, United States in 1870 and Ward Four, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States for about 30 years. He died on 26 February 1912, in Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Sulphur, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States.
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- Levi Elender, "United States Census, 1880"
- Levi Jonh Elender, "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934"
- Levi Elender, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (7)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Louisiana Is Readmitted Into the Union
Louisiana was readmitted into the Union.
Name Meaning
English (Kent): variant of Ellenor with inorganic -d-, from the Middle English (Old French) female personal name Alienor, Elianor (Eleanor), popularized by Edward III's queen Eleanor of Castile. The name was first introduced into England by Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122–1204), wife of Henry II. She is the first known bearer of the name, which is of uncertain origin. It was once thought to be an Occitan form of Helen, but this is linguistically implausible.
English: perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived on a piece of land surrounded by streams, from Middle English e(i)lond (Old English egland) ‘island’ + -er.
Possibly also an altered form of German Elender: nickname for a stranger or newcomer, from Middle High German ellende ‘strange, foreign’, or a habitational name for someone from any of twenty places called Elend, denoting a remote settlement, as for example in the Harz Mountains or in Carinthia, Austria.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Joseph Lastie Elender
Joseph Lastie Elender was born in Calcasieu, Louisiana, in 1865 to Levi John and Louise Melite (Reon) Elender. He was the fourth child of nine. J Lastie and his wife Elizabeth Landry were the parent …
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