Brief Life History of Lucy Elizabeth
When Lucy Elizabeth Abbey was born on 11 August 1846, in Hamlin, Salem Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Anson Abbey, was 45 and her mother, Clarissa Taylor, was 44. She married George Washington Walker II on 16 November 1875, in Hamlin, Salem Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States in 1870 and Salem Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. She died on 1 December 1948, in Hamlin, Salem Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 102, and was buried in Salem Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (12)
- Lucy E Abbey in household of J R Dayton, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mrs. Lucy Elizabeth Walker, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Lucy E. Abbey Walker, "Find A Grave Index"
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1852
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Hennepin, Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English:
from Anglo-Norman and Middle English abbeye, abbaye ‘abbey’, i.e. a community of monks under an abbot or of nuns under an abbess (Old French abeie, Late Latin abbatia ‘priest's house’), applied as a topographic name for someone living in or near an abbey, or an occupational name for someone working in one.
(of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French abé, abbé ‘priest’. See also French Labbe .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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