Sophia Gould Daniels

Brief Life History of Sophia Gould

When Sophia Gould Daniels was born on 29 January 1849, in Brownhelm Township, Lorain, Ohio, United States, her father, Samuel Pitkin Daniels, was 37 and her mother, Sophia Gould, was 36. She married Fred Miller Sterling on 11 November 1869, in Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Woodbury, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Humboldt, Humboldt, Iowa, United States in 1910. She died on 8 September 1933, in Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Logan Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Fred Miller Sterling
1849–1939
Sophia Gould Daniels
1849–1933
Marriage: 11 November 1869
Anna Gertrude Sterling
1870–1933
Arthur Campbell Sterling
1872–1956
Walter Samuel Sterling
1873–1962
Mary Sophia Sterling
1876–1957
Howard Hoyt Sterling
1878–1970
Fred Daniels Sterling
1880–1961
Helen Elizabeth Turner Sterling
1882–1979
Martha Daniels Sterling
1883–1960
Edna Alice Sterling
1885–1972
Robert Chase Sterling
1887–1960
Ralph William Sterling
1888–1980
Ruth Ella Sterling
1891–1995

Sources (47)

  • Sophia Sterling in household of Fred Sterling, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Sophia G. Daniels, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
  • Sophia Sterling, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

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1851

Historical Boundaries: 1851: Wahkaw, Iowa, United States* 1853: Woodbury, Iowa, United States *Renamed Woodbury in 1853

1863

Historical Boundaries: 1863: Humboldt, Iowa, United States

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

Name Meaning

English, Irish (Cork), North German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Daniel , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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