Brief Life History of Elsie Emaline
When Elsie Emaline West was born on 18 April 1872, in Madison, Missouri, United States, her father, Joseph Wilson West, was 27 and her mother, Martha Ann Mayo, was 24. She married William W Miller on 7 August 1887, in Iron, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Union Township, Iron, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Liberty Township, Madison, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. She died on 9 February 1957, in Fredericktown, Louisiana Territory, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Liberty Township, Iron, Missouri, United States.
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- Emma Conley in household of Jim Conley, "United States Census, 1930"
- Elsie E West, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Elsie E West in entry for Nettie O Conley, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
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.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English and German: from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for someone who had migrated from further west.
Americanized form of Finnish Vesterinen: from the personal name Vesteri (a short form of Sylvester ) + the surname suffix -nen.
History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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