Brief Life History of Clara Elizabeth
When Clara Elizabeth Sanders was born on 4 July 1853, in Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States, her father, William Saunders, was 40 and her mother, Elizabeth Hunt, was 38. She married Calvin Reed Doyle about 1869, in Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Van Buren Township, Lee, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1900. She died on 18 January 1925, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.
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- Clara Doyle in household of Charles W Doyle, "United States Census, 1910"
- Clara Elizabeth Doyle, "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960"
- Elizabeth Doyle, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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World Events (8)
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English (Devon), Dutch, and North German: variant of Sander , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Life sketch of Clara Eliz. Sanders
Clara Elizabeth Sanders, the eighth child of William Sanders and Elizabeth Hunt, was born 4 July 1853 at Keokuk, Iowa. She was nearly three years old when her parents and family left Iowa and crossed …
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