Brief Life History of Vernia Arabell
When Vernia Arabell Myers was born in 1860, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Myers, was 31 and her mother, Permelia Ann Brace, was 24. She had at least 2 sons with James Porter Jackson. She lived in Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. She died on 2 February 1947, in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Waterford, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Arabell Myer in household of John Myer, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Vernia Arabell Myers - Government record: birth-name: Vira Arabell Myers
- Vernie Arabell Myers Jackson, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.
English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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