Brief Life History of Elizabeth Melissa
When Elizabeth Melissa Dement was born on 18 January 1884, in Butler, Missouri, United States, her father, Charles Kindred Dement, was 47 and her mother, Susan Elizabeth Sullivan, was 42. She married John McCurdy Eddy on 22 June 1902, in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Valley Township, Sheridan, Kansas, United States in 1910 and Mora, New Mexico, United States in 1920. She died on 20 October 1958, in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States.
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- Lizzie M Eddy, "United States 1950 Census"
- Lizzie M Dement, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
- Lizzie M Eddy, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
Name Meaning
Possibly an altered form of German Demant, a metonymic occupational name for a diamond dealer or cutter, from Middle High German dīemant ‘diamond’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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