Mary Elizabeth Perisho

Female3 December 1867–28 July 1939

Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth

When Mary Elizabeth Perisho was born on 3 December 1867, in Washington Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States, her father, Joshua Morris Perisho, was 38 and her mother, Lydia Ann Chappell, was 30. She married Elbert Harvey Day on 14 May 1891, in Hamilton, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Clay Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Carmel, Hamilton, Indiana, United States in 1930. She died on 28 July 1939, in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Hamilton, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elbert Harvey Day
1868–1937
Mary Elizabeth Perisho
1867–1939
Marriage: 14 May 1891
Orphe Ruth Day
1898–1981
Clayton Perisho Day
1904–1950

Sources (15)

  • Elizabeth P Day in household of Elbert H Day, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Mary Elizabeth Perisho's Birth Recorded in Quaker Carmel Monthly Meeting Record (Indiana) 3 December 1867
  • Mary Elizabeth Perrisho, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"

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  • Marriage
    14 May 1891Hamilton, Indiana, United States
  • Children (2)

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    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1868 · Impeach the President!

    Age 1

    Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

    1868 · The Fourteenth Amendment

    Age 1

    As one of the Reconstruction Amendments, the Fourteenth Amendment addresses the rights and protections that all citizens of the United States have. The amendment also limits actions of state and local officials in all states.

    1886

    Age 19

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    Name Meaning

    Americanized form of Breton (Finistère) and French Périchou (via the intermediate form Perishoe) or perhaps of Breton (Morbihan) Périchot: from a French-influenced pet form of the Breton personal name Péric, itself a pet form of Per, an equivalent of Peter ; or from a French double diminutive of the cognate French name Pierre . The surnames Périchou and Périchot are rare in France. Compare Parisher and Parisho .

    History: Bearers of the surname Perisho trace their origin to Joshua Perisho from Brittany, who by c. 1638 lived in Pasquotank County, NC, where he married an Elizabeth Griffin. His Americanized surname is also recorded as Perishoe, Perishaw, and Perishew.

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

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