Brief Life History of Tammerson Elizabeth
Tammerson Elizabeth Keech was born on 26 March 1859, in Fillmore, Minnesota, United States as the daughter of Daniel Keech and Phely. She married Abner Morrell Chamberlain on 23 July 1883, in Lake Park, Becker, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States in 1900 and Oak Hollow Township, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States for about 10 years. She died on 26 December 1930, in Tripp, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Tripp, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Tameron Chamberlaise, "United States Census, 1930"
- Tammy Kelch in entry for Raleigh Chamberlain and Hazel Emma Koons, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
- Tamerson Chamberlin in household of Ab Chamberlin, "Minnesota State Census, 1885"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1871
Historical Boundaries: 1871: Becker, Minnesota, United States
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English (mainly Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire):
nickname for an fat person, from Middle English cach, caiche, cage, kech, a word of unexplained origin but presumably the antecedent of modern English dialect keech (variant catch) ‘lump of congealed fat; fat of a slaughtered animal rolled up into a lump (in preparation for sending to the chandler or tallow maker to make wax)’.
variant of Kedge, a nickname either from Middle English kegge, kigge ‘cheerful, pleasant, agreeable, merry’, or from an unrecorded Middle English kegge ‘belly’, for a pot-bellied person.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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