Brief Life History of Sophia
When Sophia Mickey was born in 1840, in Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, James Mickey, was 46 and her mother, Catherine Geary, was 38. She married Benjamin Franklin Snyder on 13 March 1873, in Casselman, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Casselman, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died in 1891, at the age of 51, and was buried in Dickerson Run - Union Cemetery, Dickerson Run, Dunbar Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Sophiah Snyder in household of Benjamin Snyder, "United States Census, 1880"
- Sophia Snyder, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sophie in entry for Alva Franklin Snyder and Annie Elizabeth Luce, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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World Events (7)
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
Americanized form of Dutch and German Micke or Muecke .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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