Brief Life History of Charles Henry
When Charles Henry Bliss was born on 9 June 1860, in Shelbyville, Addison Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States, his father, Christian Henry Bless, was 66 and his mother, Caroline Alley Ramsey, was 34. He married Matilda Sophia Watmough Wilcox on 17 April 1879, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Beat 3, Lowndes, Mississippi, United States in 1880 and Kokomo, Center Township, Howard, Indiana, United States in 1892. He died on 24 July 1907, in Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Saint John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States.
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- C H Bliss, "United States Census, 1900"
- Charles H Bliss, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Chas. H. Bliss, "Florida, Deaths, 1877-1939"
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World Events (8)
1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle English blisse ‘joy’. Compare Blissett .
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from the village of Blay in Calvados, France, recorded in 1077 in the form Bleis. The village of Stoke Bliss in Worcestershire takes the second part of its name from a Norman family de Blez, recorded several times in the county from the 13th century.
German: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle High German blīde ‘happy, friendly’. It is also found in France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Charles Henry Bliss
According to his daughter, Ella Maude Bliss Allen's research and notes, his father was Christian Henry Bliss (14 Feb 1794, Henrico Co, VA- 3 Nov 1879 St. Frances, Ark)and his second wife, Caroline All …
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