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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- 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"
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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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