When Susan Van Aukin Ketcham was born in 1851, in Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States, her father, Enoch Ketchum, was 33 and her mother, Eliza Raudolph Van Auken, was 26. She married John Hobart Sprague Jr on 15 May 1871, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Queens, New York, United States in 1860 and New York, United States in 1870.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
English: perhaps a habitational name from Kitcham in Devon, but more likely a shortened form of Kitchenham, a habitational name from a place so named in East Sussex.
History: Edward Ketcham (died 1655) immigrated from Cambridge, England, toMassachusetts Bay Colony c. 1629–30, and subsequently moved toStratford, CT.
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