Brief Life History of Amelia
When Amelia Woolsey was born in 1870, in White, Illinois, United States, her father, Peter C Woolsey, was 38 and her mother, Mary L. Gann, was 37. She married John D. Tarrant on 1 March 1890, in White, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Heralds Prairie Township, White, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Indian Creek Township, White, Illinois, United States in 1930.
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- Amelia Taurant in household of John Taurant, "United States Census, 1900"
- Amelia Woolsey, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Mulu Wolsey in entry for James T. Hall and May Tarrant, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1872
Indian Creek Township was organized by the election of the first township officers, April 2, 1872
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
English (Norfolk): from the Middle English personal name Wulsy (Old English Wulfsige, from wulf ‘wolf’ + sige ‘victory’). The personal name was common in Suffolk, where it gave rise to the surname of Henry VIII's minister Cardinal Wolsey.
History: George Woolsey came to New Amsterdam in New Netherland (now New York City, NY) from England via the Netherlands in 1623.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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