Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Lavender was born on 22 January 1846, in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Lavender, was 29 and her mother, Mary Ann Coles, was 28. She married Levi Lincoln Wheeler on 25 December 1864, in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Lyman, Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1900 and Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1910. She died on 13 October 1927, in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Grove City Cemetery, Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States.
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- Hellen Wheeler, "United States Census, 1880"
- Birth & death information for Ellen Lavender
- Ellen Wheeler, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
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1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1869
Historical Boundaries: 1869: Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Box Elder, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a washerman or launderer, Old French lavendier (from Late Latin lavandarius, an agent derivative of lavanda ‘washing, things to be washed’). The term was applied especially to a worker in the wool industry who washed the raw wool or rinsed the cloth after fulling. There is no evidence for any direct connection with the word for the plant (Middle English, Old French lavendre). However, the etymology of the plant name is obscure; it may have been named in ancient times with reference to the use of lavender oil for cleaning or of the dried heads of lavender in perfuming freshly washed clothes.
In some cases possibly also Walloon and Flemish: variant of French Lavandier , a cognate of 1 above, or perhaps a nickname from Dutch lavender ‘lavender’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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