Brief Life History of Nella Etta
When Nella Etta Crockett was born on 29 March 1860, in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States, her father, Capt Zephamiah D Crockett, was 22 and her mother, Margaret C Conary, was 21. She married Benjamin Upton Willard on 25 April 1877, in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Portland Ward 2, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States in 1910 and Portland Ward 3, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States in 1920. She died in 1943, at the age of 83.
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- Infant Crockett in household of Zephaniah Crockett, "United States Census, 1860"
- Nella Etta Crockett, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Nellie E. Crockett, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire) and Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname for someone who affected a particular hairstyle, from Anglo-Norman French croket ‘ornamental curl or roll of hair’ (Old Norman French croquet, a diminutive of croque ‘curl, hook’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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