Brief Life History of Lelia Elizabeth
When Lelia Elizabeth Neal was born on 3 January 1886, in North Carolina, United States, her father, James Buchanan "Buck" Neal, was 31 and her mother, Laura Amanda Nelson, was 22. She married Walter Edger Rice on 27 December 1903, in Sauratown Township, Stokes, North Carolina, United States. She lived in Bruce Township, Guilford, North Carolina, United States in 1930 and Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States in 1940. She died on 11 June 1941, in Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in First Baptist Church Cemetery, Summerfield, Guilford, North Carolina, United States.
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- Elizabeth Neal, "United States Census, 1940"
- Lelia Neal, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Lelia Elizabeth Rice, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Old French, Anglo-Norman French, and Middle English personal name Neel, Nele, Nihel, Niel, itself derived from the Latin name Nigellus (a diminutive of Latin niger ‘black’), originally a nickname for someone with black hair or a dark complexion. The name was very common among Normans and was brought to England at the time of the Norman Conquest. There has been considerable confusion with the Irish and Scottish Gaelic name Niall (see Neil ); the two names are now pronounced identically. It is theoretically possible that in Normandy, where the personal name was popular, that it was also used for Old Norse Njáll, but this is difficult to prove. Njáll was adopted from the Irish Gaelic personal name Niall by Vikings in Ireland, who took it back to Iceland and Norway, but whether the Vikings also took Njáll to Normandy and to the northwest of England, is an open question, which cannot be settled on the available evidence.
English: alternatively from the Middle English personal name Nele, a variant of Nell as a pet form of Elias (see Ellis ). Compare Nelson , Nielson .
Scottish and Irish: shortened form of McNeal (see McNeil ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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