Brief Life History of Dora Estella
When Dora Estella Elliott was born on 10 February 1871, in Darke, Ohio, United States, her father, Samuel Elliott, was 29 and her mother, Hannah Maria Woodmansee, was 29. She married Richard M Whitman in 1891. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Richmond, Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 22 years. She died on 21 February 1957, in Los Angeles, Guárico, Venezuela, at the age of 86.
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- Dora E Whitman, "United States Census, 1930"
- Estella Elliott, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Dora E Elliott, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English, Old French personal name Eliot, a pet form of the Old Testament name Elijah, rendered in Greek as Ēlias and in Old French as Élie + the diminutive suffix -ot; compare Ellis . The name Aylett may in some cases also have been confused with or absorbed into Elliott.
Scottish: late variant of Elwood .
Scottish (of Breton origin): perhaps, as some members of the Elliott clan believe, a Scottish variant of the Breton surname Elleouet, a habitational name from one of the hamlets named Allegot in Finistère.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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