When James Landas was born about 1848, in New York, United States, his father, George B Landas, was 50 and his mother, Asenath Locena Beebe, was 47. He lived in Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York, United States for about 5 years.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Chaim, Emanuel, Aron, Avi, Zev, Shulem, Yaakov, Zvi, Ari, Hyman, Meyer.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from either of two places called Landau, in the Palatinate and in Alsace, named with Old High German lant ‘land, territory’ + auwa ‘damp valley’. According to family history, the Jewish surname originated from the Palatinate.
History: This is one of the old Ashkenazic surnames. In Eastern Europe, it was used by rabbinical families well before the mass adoption of surnames by local Jews at the turn of the 19th century.
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