Brief Life History of Marcella or Marcellina
Marcella or Marcellina Campbell was born on 26 September 1890, in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada as the daughter of Daniel Campbell and Marcelina Deroche. She married Frank A Mayer on 28 April 1909, in Oswego, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She immigrated to United States in 1905 and lived in Onondaga, New York, United States in 1920 and Oswego, Oswego, New York, United States in 1950. She died on 26 September 1984, in Florida, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Zephyrhills, Pasco, Florida, United States.
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- Marcella Mayer, "United States 1950 Census"
- Marcelina Campbell, "Ontario, Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899"
- Marcellina Campbell Mayer, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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1898 · Florida Involvement in Spanish-American War
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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Name Meaning
Scottish: nickname from Gaelic cam ‘crooked, bent’ + beul ‘mouth’. As a result of folk etymology, the surname was often represented in Latin documents as de bello campo ‘of the fair field’, which led to the name sometimes being ‘translated’ into Anglo-Norman French as Beauchamp .
Irish (North Armagh): adopted for Gaelic Mac Cathmhaoil ‘son of Cathmhaol’ (literally ‘battle chief’): see Caulfield and Cowell .
English: variant of Camel , under the influence of the Scottish name (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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