Brief Life History of Charles William
When Charles William Zurcher was born on 15 June 1878, in Holmes, Ohio, United States, his father, Christian Zurcher, was 46 and his mother, Rosetta Fankhauser, was 30. He married Effie May Lanzer on 24 March 1908, in Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Sugar Creek Township, Stark, Ohio, United States for about 20 years and United States in 1937. He died on 9 July 1937, in Stark, Ohio, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Wilmot Township, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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- Charles Zurcher in household of Rosa Zurcher, "United States Census, 1900"
- Charles W. Zurcher, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Chales W. Zurcher, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1883 · Mining Boom
In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Swiss German (Zürcher): habitational name for someone from the Swiss city of Zurich (German Zürich). Compare Zercher and Zuercher , and also Zediker .
History: In part, this is the name of a Swiss Mennonite family, among the Mennonites in the US established mainly in the form Zuercher . In 1821 Abraham and David Zürcher from Jura in France (where many Swiss Mennonites found refuge during the religious persecution in Switzerland) settled in Wayne County, OH.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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