Brief Life History of Ellen Lois
When Ellen Lois Washburn was born on 15 August 1845, in Jackson, Michigan, United States, her father, Liba Washburn, was 41 and her mother, Sara Elizabeth Bradish, was 30. She married James Nelson Allison on 9 January 1866, in Yuba, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Paradise Valley, Humboldt, Nevada, United States in 1880 and United States in 1900. She died on 6 January 1910, in Fruitland, Stevens, Washington, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Hunters, Stevens, Washington, United States.
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- Nellie S Allison, "United States Census, 1900"
- Ellen Washburn, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ellen Lois Washburn - Published information: Family genealogies: death: 6 January 1910; Fruitland, Stevens, Washington, United States
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · The California Gold Rush
On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Great and Little Washbourne (Gloucestershire), or Washbourne in Halwell (Devon). The Gloucestershire placename derives from Old English wæsse (genitive wæssan) ‘wet place, swamp, marsh’ + burna ‘spring, stream’. The Devon placename derives from Old English wæsce ‘place for washing’ + burna.
History: John Washburn came to MA in 1626 and settled in Duxbury, MA, in 1632.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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