Louisa Ellen Chenault

Brief Life History of Louisa Ellen

When Louisa Ellen Chenault was born on 5 January 1855, in Meade, Kentucky, United States, her father, Felix Edward Chenault, was 24 and her mother, Sarah Mercer, was 22. She lived in Garnettsville, Meade, Kentucky, United States in 1870. She died on 10 February 1875, in Meade, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 20, and was buried in Muldraugh, Meade, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Felix Edward Chenault
1830–1888
Sarah Mercer
1832–1918
Anna Gertrude Chenault
1852–1927
James T Chenault
1853–1853
Louisa Ellen Chenault
1855–1875
Willie Belle Chenault
1857–1938
Ruth E Chenault
1858–1860
Laura Chenault
1858–
Henry Edward Chenault
1861–1912
Martha "Mattie" Chenault
1863–
Felix Owen Chenault
1864–1936

Sources (4)

  • Ellen Chenault in household of Felix H Chenault, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Louisa Ellen Chenault - Published information: birth-name: Louisa Ellen Chenault
  • Louisa Ellen Chenault, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (6)

1861

Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

Name Meaning

French: variant of Cheneau and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. Compare Chennault , Chernault , Chinault , Shenault , and Shinault .

History: Étienne de Cheneau/Chenault from France married Mary Howlett in London, England in 1700, died in Essex County, VA, in 1740. His name is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina. His descendants bear many variants of the surname, including Chennault, Chernault, Chinault, Schinault, Shenault, Shenaut, Shinall, Shinalt, Shinaul, Shinault, Shinol, and Shinolt.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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