Brief Life History of Samuel Ambrose
When Samuel Ambrose Phelps was born on 20 March 1832, in Willsboro, Willsboro, Essex, New York, United States, his father, Samuel Truesdale Phelps, was 28 and his mother, Dorcas Carrie Frisbie, was 24. He married Joanna B Annie Hanmer about 1852, in Willsboro, Willsboro, Essex, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Schroon, Essex, New York, United States in 1875 and Breitung Township, Menominee, Michigan, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1863. He died on 4 August 1891, in Norway, Dickinson, Michigan, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Quinnesec Cemetery, Quinnesec, Breitung Township, Dickinson, Michigan, United States.
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- Ambrose Philps, "United States Census, 1880"
- Ambrose Philps, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
- Ambrose Phelps, "California Great Registers, 1866-1910"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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Established in 1839
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Trinity, California, United States
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Scottish and English (southwestern): variant of Phillips .
History: The brothers George and William Phelps emigrated from Gloucestershire, England, to Dorchester, MA, c. 1630. Five years later they moved to Windsor, CT. George's sixth-generation descendant, Anson Greene Phelps (1781–1853), rose from being a penniless orphan to the status of a major industrialist and a prominent CT philanthropist.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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