Brief Life History of Olive
When Olive Church was born in March 1847, in Highgate, Franklin, Vermont, United States, her father, Melvin Church, was 31 and her mother, Electa Wright, was 33. She married Alexis L. Morse on 7 May 1878, in Randolph, Orange, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Randolph, Orange, Vermont, United States for about 30 years.
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- Olive H Wight in household of Melvin Church, "United States Census, 1850"
- Olive Church in entry for Luther Wright Morse, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
- Olive A Morse in household of Alexis L Morse, "United States Census, 1910"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864 · St. Albans Raid
St. Albans Raid took place on October 19, 1864. It was a Confederate raid from Canada into Union territory. Confederate soldiers that were in Canada raided the town of St. Albans killed one person and robbed three banks.
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: topographic name mostly found in southern and midland England, for someone who lived near a church, or possibly an occupational name for someone who worked at a church, such as a verger or sexton, from Middle English chirche ‘church’. The word comes from Old English cyrice, ultimately from medieval Greek kyrikon, for earlier kyriakōn (dōma) ‘(house) of the Lord’, from kyrios ‘lord’. Compare Kirk .
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Kirch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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