Brief Life History of Emma Mae
When Emma Mae Rock was born on 25 October 1872, in Quincy Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Alexander Rock, was 22 and her mother, Susannah Heist, was 18. She married William Jacob Mentzer in 1890, in Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Washington Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. She died on 10 April 1934, in Waynesboro, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Quincy, Quincy Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Emma M Menszer in household of Wm J Menszer, "United States Census, 1900"
- Emma Mae Mentzer, "Find A Grave Index"
- Emma May Rock Mentzer in entry for Clark Wilbur Mentzer, "Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976"
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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.
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English rok(ke) ‘rock’. The surname may be topographic, denoting someone who lived near a notable rock or rocky outcrop, or habitational, denoting someone from a place called with this word, such as Rock (Northumberland). Compare Roach .
English: from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter oke ‘at the oak’. The surname may be topographic, signifying someone who lived by a prominent oak tree, or habitational, denoting someone from a place so named, such as Rock (Worcestershire), Rook in Cornwood (Devon), and Rock in Washington (Sussex). Compare Nock .
English: perhaps a nickname for a spinner or a maker of distaffs from Middle English rok(ke) ‘distaff’ (from Old Norse rokkr or Middle Dutch rocke or an unattested Old English cognate). Compare Rocker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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