Brief Life History of Alice
When Alice Ellsbury was born in 1863, her father, John Ellsbury, was 40 and her mother, Betsey Ann Wilson, was 40. She had at least 2 sons with Frank E Smith. She lived in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1880.
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- Alice Smith in household of Frank Smith, "United States Census, 1880"
- Alice Smith, "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917"
- Alice Pickle, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · The Railroad Refrigerator Car
During the mid-19th century, attempts were made to ship perishable products by rail. The Western Railroad of Massachusetts was the first to experiment with the concept, but it was only functional in cold weather. In 1868, William Davis, of Detroit, patented a refrigerator car that used a frozen mixture of ice and salt to keep everything cold for shipment. It could be used in all weather and in all seasons. He sold the design to George H. Hammond, a Detroit meat packer, who built a set of cars to transport his products to Boston using ice from the Great Lakes for cooling.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire), from an Old English personal name Ægel (genitive Ægeles, Ægles) + burg ‘fortified place’ (dative byrig).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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