When Elizabeth Jane Hart was born on 19 November 1856, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, her father, Nathan Hart, was 25 and her mother, Jane Newman, was 19. She married Ledyard Hall Martin on 16 January 1876, in Santa Cruz, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in California, United States in 1870 and Judicial Township 3, Fresno, California, United States in 1900. She died on 7 October 1926, in Soquel, Santa Cruz, California, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Soquel, Santa Cruz, California, United States.
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The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
English and North German: nickname from Middle English hert (Old English heorot), Middle Low German hërte, harte ‘hart, stag’, perhaps for a quick-footed or timorous individual.
German: variant of Hardt 1 and 2. It is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name or nickname from German and Yiddish hart ‘hard’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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