Brief Life History of Nelia Jane
When Nelia Jane Fife was born on 31 October 1869, in Summit, Hardin, Kentucky, United States, her father, Washington Lucas Fife, was 41 and her mother, Priscilla Richardson, was 32. She had at least 5 sons and 5 daughters with Garrett Bran Curtis. She lived in West Plains Township, Meade, Kansas, United States for about 5 years and Meade, Kansas, United States in 1920. She died on 24 January 1930, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Meade, Meade, Kansas, United States.
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- Nelia F Curtis in household of Garret B Curtis, "United States Census, 1920"
- Nelia J Curtis, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Nelia Jane Fife Curtis, "Find A Grave Index"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1885
Historical Boundaries: 1885: Ford, Kansas, United States 1885: Meade, Kansas, United States
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the province and former kingdom of Fife in East Scotland, a name of obscure etymology. Tradition has it that the name is derived from an eponymous Fib, one of the seven sons of Cruithne, legendary founding father of the Picts.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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