Brief Life History of Almeda Ellen
When Almeda Ellen Nida was born on 5 April 1840, in Giles, Virginia, United States, her father, William Lewis Nida, was 32 and her mother, Sarah Harless, was 28. She married Thomas Martin Hammack on 12 July 1856, in Wayne, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Union, Union, Oregon, United States in 1870 and Island City, Union, Oregon, United States in 1880. She died on 23 February 1902, in La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Summerville-Imbler Cemetery, Summerville, Union, Oregon, United States.
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- Hammack in household of M Hammack, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Almeda Ellen Nida - Government record: birth-name: Almeda Ellen Nida
- Almeda Niday, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
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1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Historical Boundaries - 1861: Baker, Oregon, United States; 1864: Union, Oregon, United States
Name Meaning
German: variant of Nidda, a habitational name from Nidda, a town (also a river) in Hesse. In some cases the surname was run together with the preposition von ‘from, of’, giving rise to the form Vonada in the US and Vonnieda in Germany. The surnames Nida and Nidda are rare in Germany. Compare Niday .
Polish: unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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