Brief Life History of Amelia Iantha
When Amelia Iantha Slaughter was born in 1864, her father, William Harrison Slaughter, was 49 and her mother, Sarah Lucinda Crawford, was 37. She lived in Hamptonburgh, Hamptonburgh, Orange, New York, United States for about 15 years. She died on 18 November 1947, in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 83.
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Sources (8)
- Amelia I Slaughter, "United States Census, 1940"
- Amelia Ianthan Slaughter, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
- Amelia Iantha Miss Slaughter, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
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World Events (8)
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · Battle of Bentonville
The Battle of Bentonville took place in Johnston, North Carolina from March 19, 1865- March 21, 1865. It was considered the bloodiest battle of North Carolina, with around 4,000 casualties.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English:
in East Anglia and Essex, an occupational name from Middle English slaughter ‘butcher’, a derivative of Middle English slaught ‘butchery’ + er, or from a shortened form of the synonymous Middle English slaughterer, a derivative of slaughter ‘butchery’ + -er. Compare Slater 2.
in Sussex and Surrey a habitational name denoting residence at one or other of several minor placenames such as Slaughter Bridge in Slinfold, Slaughter Bridge in Shipley, Slaughterford (Farm) in Itchingfield, the lost Slaughters in Billingshurst (all Sussex), and Slaughterwicks Barn in Charlwood (Surrey). The names may derive from Middle English slo(gh) ‘sloe, blackthorn’ (Old English slāh) + tre ‘tree’ (Old English trēow), or from Middle English sloghtre, sloghtere ‘slough, mire, muddy place’, or perhaps ‘deep river valley’, or ‘ditch’ (Old English slōhtre). The latter is certainly the etymology of Upper and Lower Slaughter (Gloucestershire) and The Slaughter in English Bicknor (Gloucestershire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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