Brief Life History of Varinda John
Varinda John Trowbridge was born on 4 January 1865, in Bladen, Ohio Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States as the daughter of John W. Trowbridge and Mary Elliot. She married Thomas Willey Gilmore on 3 December 1882, in Swan Creek, Ohio Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Arbuckle District, Mason, West Virginia, United States in 1900 and Logan, West Virginia, United States in 1910. She died on 2 November 1925, in Chesapeake, Union Township, Lawrence, Ohio, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Proctorville, Union Township, Lawrence, Ohio, United States.
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- Virrinda J Frobridge in household of John Trobridge, "United States Census, 1870"
- Virrinda Trobridge, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Virrinda J Gilmon, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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World Events (8)
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.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire): habitational name from Trowbridge in Wiltshire, named from Old English trēow ‘tree’ + brycg ‘bridge’; the name probably referred to a felled trunk serving as a rough-and-ready bridge.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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