Nellie Mae Ramseyer

Brief Life History of Nellie Mae

When Nellie Mae Ramseyer was born on 26 May 1876, in Harrison Township, Howard, Indiana, United States, her father, Silas D Ramseyer, was 25 and her mother, Louisa Jane Thatcher, was 26. She married Orville Deville Hollingsworth on 4 October 1893, in Harrison Township, Howard, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Madison, Indiana, United States in 1900. She died on 11 July 1945, in West Middleton, Harrison Township, Howard, Indiana, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Friends Cemetery, New London, Monroe Township, Howard, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Orville Deville Hollingsworth
1869–1923
Nellie Mae Ramseyer
1876–1945
Marriage: 4 October 1893
Kenneth Elliott Hollingsworth
1895–1953
Daisy Florence Hollingsworth
1900–1911
Robert Hollingsworth
1909–1909
Orville Mark Hollingsworth
1911–1989
Billy J Hollingsworth
1919–2000

Sources (18)

  • Nellie Hollingsworth, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Nellie M Ransayer, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Nellie M Ramseyer Hollingsworth, "Find A Grave Index" Death date off by one day.

World Events (8)

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.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Lorenz, Siegfried.

Swiss German: habitational name for someone from a village called Ramsei.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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