Brief Life History of Amelia
When Amelia Mitchell was born on 12 May 1862, in Cape Province, South Africa, her father, David Alexander Mitchell II, was 24 and her mother, Christiana Gertrude Cornelia Clignet Frost, was 19. She died on 23 July 1863, in Fort Bridger, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 1, and was buried in Fort Bridger, Uinta, Wyoming, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Amelia (Millie) Mitchell - Published information: Passenger or voyage record: death:
- Amelia Mitchell, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
- Register of vessels arriving at the Port of New York from foreign ports, 1789-1919
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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.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from the vernacular pronunciation in Middle English and Older Scots of the personal name Michael . See Michelson .
English and Scottish: nickname for a big man, from Middle English michel, mechel, muchel ‘big’.
Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Life Story of Christianna G. Frost And David Alexander Mitchell Christianna G. Frost was born September 7, 1842 in Uitenhage, Union of South Africa. She died on March 6, 1896 in Payson, Utah County, …
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