Adam Mathias Gochanour

Brief Life History of Adam Mathias

When Adam Mathias Gochanour was born on 20 April 1845, in Licking, Ohio, United States, his father, Jonathan Calvin Gochenour, was 26 and his mother, Lucinda M Ritter, was 22. He married Anna Eliza McKernan on 16 September 1865, in La Salle, LaSalle, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Otter Creek Township, LaSalle, Illinois, United States for about 47 years. He died on 4 January 1927, in LaSalle, Illinois, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Kernan, LaSalle, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Adam Mathias Gochanour
1845–1927
Anna Eliza McKernan
1847–1941
Marriage: 16 September 1865
Ralph Arthur Gochanour
1866–1960
Clara Belle Gochanour
1870–1959
Hugh Jennings Gochanour
1873–1948
Augusta Pearl Gochenour
1879–1940
Gochanour
1880–1880
Lloyd Wallace Gochanour
1886–1949
Paul Mathias Gochanour
1889–1891

Sources (42)

  • Mathias Gochenour, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Adam Mathias Gochanour, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Mathias Gochanour, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1860

Historical Boundaries: 1860: LaSalle, Illinois, United States

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Swiss German Gochnauer or Gochenauer .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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WILLIAM H. GOCHANOUR: History of La Salle County, Illinois: by Hoffman, U. J. pages 674-677

History of La Salle County, Illinois: by Hoffman, U. J. (Urias John), b. 1855 Publication date 1906 Publisher Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co. Collection allen county; americana Digitizing sponsor Inter …

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