Brief Life History of Mary Ellen
When Mary Ellen Blake was born on 12 September 1844, in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland, her father, Christoper Blake, was 25 and her mother, Kate Blake, was 23. She had at least 5 sons and 2 daughters with Thomas Henry Webster. She lived in Hilliard, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1880 and Deer Lodge, Montana, United States in 1900. She died on 20 April 1908, in Teton, Fremont, Idaho, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Teton-Newdale Cemetery, Madison, Idaho, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Ellen Webster, "United States Census, 1870"
- Ellen Blake Webster, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ellen Blake Webster in entry for John J. Webster and Maria Prevost, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
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World Events (8)
1845
The Irish Potato Famine. Many Irish emigrate to America. Irish population drops from 8 million to 6 million due to death from starvation or emigration.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish (England and central Scotland): variant of Black 1, meaning ‘swarthy’ or ‘dark-haired’, from a byform of the Old English adjective blæc, blac ‘black’, with change of vowel length.
English: nickname from Middle English blak(e) (Old English blāc) ‘wan, pale, white, fair’. In Middle English the two words blac and blāc, with opposite meanings, fell together as Middle English blake. In the absence of independent evidence as to whether the person referred to was dark or fair, it is now impossible to tell which sense was originally meant.
English (Norfolk): nickname from Middle English bleik, blaik>, blek(e) (Old Norse bleikr) ‘pale or sallow’ (in complexion).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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