Brief Life History of Ella Luella
When Ella Luella Merzke was born on 23 November 1897, in Wyoming, New York, United States, her father, Henry Carl Merzke, was 33 and her mother, Maria Bertha Smarcz, was 27. She married Norman Warren Tallman on 10 December 1919, in New York, United States. She lived in Gainesville, Gainesville, Wyoming, New York, United States in 1930 and Silver Springs, Wyoming, New York, United States in 1940. She died in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States, and was buried in Wyoming, Wyoming, New York, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Ella Tallman in household of Norman Tallman, "United States Census, 1940"
- Ella Tallman, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
- Ella Merzke Tallman, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York
Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
Of Germanic origin, introduced to Britain by the Normans. It was originally a short form of any of various compound names containing ali ‘other, foreign’ ( compare Eleanor ). It is now often taken to be a variant or pet form of Ellen . It was famously borne by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald ( 1917–1996 ), and has become increasingly popular in Britain since the 1990s.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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