Brief Life History of Zernah E
When Zernah E Brainerd was born on 1 October 1845, in New York, United States, her father, Erastus I Brainerd, was 34 and her mother, Lydia M Hines, was 27. She married Daniel Folk on 5 January 1878. She lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. She died on 3 May 1897, in Tioga, New York, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Owego, Tioga, New York, United States.
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- Zernah Brainard in household of Erastus Brainard, "United States Census, 1870"
- Zernah Folk, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Zeruah E Brainard Congdon, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Brainard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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