Lysander Weeks Russell

Male26 November 1836–23 March 1909

Brief Life History of Lysander Weeks

Lysander Weeks Russell was born on 26 November 1836, in Jamaica, Windham, Vermont, United States. He married Mary Ellen Simonds on 25 May 1865, in Bennington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1880. He died on 23 March 1909, in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Vermont Veterans Home Cemetery, Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lysander Weeks Russell
1836–1909
Mary Ellen Simonds
1843–1900
Marriage: 25 May 1865
Guy A. Russell
1872–

Sources (11)

  • Lysander M Russell, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Lysander W Russell, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Lysander W Russell, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    25 May 1865Bennington, Vermont, United States
  • Children (1)

    World Events (7)

    1846

    Age 10

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1863

    Age 27

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1864 · St. Albans Raid

    Age 28

    St. Albans Raid took place on October 19, 1864. It was a Confederate raid from Canada into Union territory. Confederate soldiers that were in Canada raided the town of St. Albans killed one person and robbed three banks.

    Name Meaning

    English, Scottish, and Irish: of Norman origin, from Old French and Anglo-Norman French r(o)ussel, a diminutive of Old French rous(e) ‘red, reddish’, used either as a nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion, or as a personal name. Compare Rouse . This Norman name has been established in Ireland since the 12th century. It has been reinforced in Britain and Ireland by Huguenot bearers of the name Roussel, of the same Old French origin.

    English: habitational name from any of several places called Rushall (Norfolk, Staffordshire, Wiltshire) or possibly sometimes from Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent). Rushall in Staffordshire derives from Old English rysc ‘rush, rushes’ + halh ‘nook, corner of land’. Rushall in Norfolk derives from an uncertain first element + Old English halh. Rushall in Wiltshire derives from an Old English personal name Rust (genitive Rustes) + halh. Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent) probably derives from Old English rust ‘rust, rust color’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’, but with a change in the final element due to influence from Middle English, Old English hall ‘hall, residence’, perhaps referring to a nearby building.

    Americanized form of German Rüssel, from a pet form of any of various personal names formed with the element hrōd ‘fame, renown’.

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

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