Emily Wall

Brief Life History of Emily

When Emily Wall was born on 18 November 1845, in Madison, Illinois, United States, her father, John Allen Wall, was 38 and her mother, Temperance Olive, was 30. She died on 29 December 1850, at the age of 5.

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Family Time Line

John Allen Wall
1806–1877
Temperance Olive
1815–1858
Abel Olive Wall
1832–1902
Benair R. Wall
1834–1915
George W Wall
1836–1904
John R Wall
1839–1911
Joseph Wall
1841–1923
Lucinda Wall
1843–1845
Emily Wall
1845–1850
Elizabeth Wall
1847–1935
Margaret A. Wall
1850–1939
Robert Harrison Wall
1852–1885
Charity Wall
1854–1854
Archibald Wall
1855–1944
Henry Valentine Wall
1858–1932

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    World Events (2)

    1846

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

    1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized

    Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.

    Name Meaning

    English: topographic name for someone who lived by a stone-built wall, e.g. one used to fortify a town or to keep back the encroachment of the sea (Middle English wall ‘wall’, Old English wall, weall, from Latin vallum ‘rampart, palisade’), or a habitational name from a place so named, such as Wall (Staffordshire).

    English (West Midlands): topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, northern Middle English wall(e) (Old English (Mercian) wæll(a); compare Well ).

    Irish (of Norman origin): Anglicized form of de Valle (Gaelicized form de Bhál), the name of a Norman family established in Munster and Connacht.

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

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