Brief Life History of Loucasta Rebecca
When Loucasta Rebecca Berry was born on 18 April 1845, in Dent, Missouri, United States, her father, John Canar Berry, was 50 and her mother, Elizabeth Gilmore Melton, was 38. She married Thomas S. Ellis on 17 November 1869, in Jack, Dent, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Missouri Township, Chariton, Missouri, United States in 1870 and Burdine Township, Texas, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died on 15 May 1896, in Rich Mountain, Polk, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Howard, Polk, Arkansas, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Lucasta A J Ellis, "United States Census, 1870"
- Lucasta R. Berry, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
- Lucosta Berry Kelm, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1851
Historical Boundaries 1851: Dent County created from Crawford and Shannon counties
1861
Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.
Name Meaning
Irish and Manx: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Béara ‘descendant of Béara’, a personal name of unexplained etymology; or, in some cases, perhaps an Anglicized form of Irish and Manx Ó Beargha. Compare Barry 1.
Scottish and northern Irish: variant of Barrie .
English: habitational name from any of several places called in Devon named with Old English byrig, dative case of burh ‘fortified manor house, stronghold’, such as Berry Pomeroy and Berrynarbor.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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