Brief Life History of Ansel Thurman
When Ansel Thurman Ames was born on 16 December 1819, in St. Lawrence, New York, United States, his father, Elijah Ames, was 29 and his mother, Mabel Pierce, was 27. He married Clarinda Carver on 15 February 1842, in De Kalb, St. Lawrence, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Cloud, Kansas, United States in 1875 and Nelson, Cloud, Kansas, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 2 January 1908, in Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States.
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- Thuman Ames, "Kansas State Census, 1875"
- Thurman Ames, "Find A Grave Index"
- Herman Ames in entry for Alman H. Ames, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Amis or from the feminine form, Amice. The Old French word amis, is from Latin amicus ‘friend’, which was used in Late Latin as a term for a man of the lower classes, in particular a slave. There were also derivatives of this as personal names, in particular masculine Amicius and feminine Amicia. Both were in use as personal names in England and may have contributed to the surname.
German: perhaps a nickname for an active person, from an ancient Germanic word related to Old High German amazzig ‘busy’.
Dutch: possibly a patronymic from Ame a common personal name in Holland and Friesland, an abbreviated form of an ancient Germanic personal name, perhaps beginning with amel ‘strong’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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