When Elmira Jane Wolford was born on 15 August 1847, in Litchfield, Sherman, Nebraska, United States, her father, John Wolford, was 30 and her mother, Margaret Donahoe, was 43. She married Robert Henry Wilson on 12 April 1865, in Viroqua, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Providence Township, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States in 1885 and Central Township, Knox, Nebraska, United States in 1900. She died on 23 July 1919, in Litchfield, Sherman, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Cairo, Hall, Nebraska, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1851: Buena Vista, Iowa, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
English:
habitational name from Wolford in Warwickshire or Wolford Farm in Dunkeswell (Devon). The Warwickshire placename derives from Old English wulf ‘wolf’ + weard ‘watch, protection’. The Devon placename derives from Old English wulf ‘wolf’ + ford ‘ford’.
variant of Woollard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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