Brief Life History of Eli Halbert
When Eli Halbert Chamberlain was born on 20 September 1858, in Allegany Township, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Joseph Warren Chamberlain, was 34 and his mother, Elmira Holbert, was 25. He married Edna Valleda Gerts on 7 February 1883, in Waterford Township, Oakland, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in White Lake, White Lake Township, Oakland, Michigan, United States in 1920 and Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States in 1930. He died in 1912, at the age of 54.
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- Eli Chamberlain, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Eli Halbert Chamberlain - Government record: Marriage record or certificate: birth-name: Eli H. Chamberlain
- Eli H Chamberlin, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
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: status name from Old French chambrelain, Norman French cambrelanc, cambrelen(c) ‘chamberlain’ (of ancient Germanic origin, from kamer ‘chamber, room’, Latin camera (see Chambers ) + the diminutive suffix -(l)ing). This was originally the name of an official in charge of the private chambers of his master, but is so widespread in late medieval England that it must sometimes have been used of people of more ordinary status, perhaps as a nickname for an officious or self-important person or for someone who played the role of chamberlain in a folk play, tableau, or ceremony. Compare Chancellor for a possible similar usage.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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