Brief Life History of Elizabeth Aletha
When Elizabeth Aletha Banks was born on 3 February 1862, in Indiana, United States, her father, Adam P Banks, was 21 and her mother, Nancy Ann Ady, was 18. She married Joseph Roberds Eakes on 17 July 1884, in Hancock, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Vernon Township, Hancock, Indiana, United States in 1920 and Fortville, Vernon Township, Hancock, Indiana, United States in 1930. She died on 24 May 1935, in Hancock, Indiana, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Gravel Lawn Cemetery, Madison, Indiana, United States.
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- Aletha Eaks, "United States Census, 1930"
- Elizabeth Aletha Banks Eakes, "Find A Grave Index"
- Aletha Eakes, "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Bank 5, with excrescent -s. The final -s may occasionally represent a plural form, but it is most commonly an arbitrary addition made after the main period of surname formation, perhaps under the influence of patronymic forms with a possessive -s.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Bruacháin ‘descendant of Bruachán’, a byname for a large-bellied person. The English form was chosen because of a mistaken association of the Gaelic name with bruach ‘bank’. Compare Bank 6.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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