More than 5,000 women named America are listed in the 1850
Federal census. These are the best of them:
America Bacon, Tattnall, GA, b. 1847
America Bell, Nevins, IN, b. 1838
America Best, Screven, GA, b. 1825
America Bragg, Macon, IL, b. 1826
America Bully, Perry, TN, b. 1807
America Church, Wilkes, NC, b. 1844
America Cupp, New Madrid, MO, b. 1839
America Eden, Wooford, KY, b. 1824
America England, Lindsey, MO, b. 1845
America Fortune, Greene, AL, b. 1803
America Freeman, Smyth, VA. b. 1849
America Funk, Clinton, OH, b. 1810
America Goforth, Johnson, MO, b. 1837
America Golden, Sonora, IL, b. 1847
America Hell, Eel River, IN, b. 1841
America Justice, Nottoway, VA, b. 1822
America King, Buckeystown, MD, b. 1825
America A. Land, Saline, MO, b. 1805
America Law, Chambers, AL, b. 1837
America McDonald, Robertson, TN, b. 1837
America Marvel, Lawrence, IL, b. 1850
America Nations, Greene, IN, b. 1847
America Noble, Farmersville, NY, b. 1809
America Peace, Henry, TN, b. 1848
America Queen, Somerville, AL, b. 1832
America Southern, Hardin, KY, b. 1830
America Vice, Jackson, IN, b. 1834
America Weekly, Wyoming, WI, b. 1841
America West, Halifax, VA, b. 1822
America Right, Campbell, VA, b. 1820
Honorable mention goes to:
North America Ashley, Gallatin, MS, b. 1827
North America Humphrey, Muhlenberg, KY, b. 1848
And a special certificate of achievement for adding just a
little extra specificity goes to:
Anglo America Roe, Telfair, GA, b. 1836
1 comment:
Next time you're census-browsing, I'd be curious to know how many Ahabs and Ishmaels you can find. I looked in the Mass. vital records at one point and found a very few Ahabs, and a few more Ishmaels:
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Ahab+site:http://ma-vitalrecords.org/&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Ishmael+site:http://ma-vitalrecords.org/&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
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