Brief Life History of Roy Alfred
When Roy Alfred Hoover was born on 23 March 1873, in Ontario, Canada, his father, Christopher John Hoover, was 31 and his mother, Hester Ann Tibbets, was 27. He married JoEllen Saul on 7 May 1899, in Dover, Grant Township, Clare, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Harrison, Clare, Michigan, United States in 1900. He died on 24 May 1944, in Grant Township, Clare, Michigan, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Cherry Grove Cemetery, Clare, Clare, Michigan, United States.
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- Eroy A. Hoover in household of Christopher Hoover, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Roy A. Hoover, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Roy Alfred Hoover, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1883 · Mining Boom
In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Swiss German and German Huber .
Americanized form of Finnish Huovinen: from huovi ‘soldier, horseman’ + the surname suffix -nen.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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