Brief Life History of Zerilda Grace
When Zerilda Grace O'Hara was born on 7 July 1856, in Caldwell, Kentucky, United States, her father, William O'Hara, was 51 and her mother, Elizabeth Evelyn Cartwright, was 30. She married James Taylor Akin on 25 December 1876, in Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 10 August 1890, in Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in O'Hara Cemetery, Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States.
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Sources (13)
- S G Ohara in household of E E Ohara, "United States Census, 1870"
- Zerilda G. O Hara, "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960"
- Gracie Akin, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Kieran, Michael Patrick, Seamus, Brennan, Brigid, Cathal, Clancy, Colm, Conor, Donovan, Eamonn.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEaghra ‘descendant of Eaghra’, a personal name of uncertain derivation. Sometimes later confused with O'Hare . Compare Harrah . — Note: The population figure published by the US Census Bureau does not distinguish between the surnames O'Hara and Ohara .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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