Brief Life History of Sophia A
When Sophia A Gunion was born on 7 January 1884, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, James Henry Gunion, was 37 and her mother, Gertrude Salina Alafare Turnbow, was 27. She married Richard Risedon Day on 21 December 1902, in Obion, Tennessee, United States. She lived in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States in 1920 and Blue Township, Jackson, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. She died on 6 February 1955, in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Sophia G Day in household of Richard R Day, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sophia Gunion - Government record: birth-name: Sophia Gunion
- Sophia Gunion, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1892 · The Radio is invented
Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Wigtownshire): shortened form of Gaelic Mac Gille Gunnin ‘son of the devotee or servant of Finnén (Saint Finnbarr)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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