Brief Life History of Eleanor Melissa
When Eleanor Melissa Ames was born in 1845, in Chautauqua, New York, United States, her father, Lester Ames, was 33 and her mother, Eleanor Dunbar, was 31. She married Sanford P. Heiner on 27 October 1862, in Rock, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Center, Rock, Wisconsin, United States in 1850 and Plymouth, Rock, Wisconsin, United States in 1860. She died on 25 August 1892, in Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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- Melissa Ames in household of Leeter Ames, "United States Census, 1860"
- Elenor M Ames, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
- Eleanor M Hayner, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and is open 22 hours per day .
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Amis or from the feminine form, Amice. The Old French word amis, is from Latin amicus ‘friend’, which was used in Late Latin as a term for a man of the lower classes, in particular a slave. There were also derivatives of this as personal names, in particular masculine Amicius and feminine Amicia. Both were in use as personal names in England and may have contributed to the surname.
German: perhaps a nickname for an active person, from an ancient Germanic word related to Old High German amazzig ‘busy’.
Dutch: possibly a patronymic from Ame a common personal name in Holland and Friesland, an abbreviated form of an ancient Germanic personal name, perhaps beginning with amel ‘strong’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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