Sara Ann Groh

Brief Life History of Sara Ann

When Sara Ann Groh was born on 22 August 1872, in Windsor Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John K. Groh, was 29 and her mother, Sarah A. Fegley, was 28. She married Jacob Morris Schappel on 2 March 1895, in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Longswamp, Longswamp Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920. She died on 6 May 1966, in Topton, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Topton Union Cemetery, Topton, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Morris Schappel
1869–1953
Sara Ann Groh
1872–1966
Marriage: 2 March 1895
Jacob Milton Schappell
1895–1982
John Nelson Schappell
1903–1995

Sources (18)

  • Sallie Schappel in household of Morris Schappel, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sallie A Groh - Published information: birth-name: Sallie Ann Groh
  • Sallie A Groh, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"

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.

1895

Historical Boundaries: 1895: Longswamp Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

German: nickname for a grizzled or gray-haired man, from Middle High German grā ‘gray’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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