Brief Life History of Martha Sophia
When Martha Sophia Marshall was born in July 1858, in Henry, Iowa, United States, her father, John Reasoner Marshall, was 32 and her mother, Fanny Prudence Lyman, was 22. She married Aaron Malanclin Andreas on 17 July 1880, in Warren, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in New London Township, Henry, Iowa, United States in 1900 and New London, Henry, Iowa, United States for about 20 years. She died on 29 September 1935, in Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Burge Cemetery, New London, Henry, Iowa, United States.
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- Martha Andreas in household of Aaron Andreas, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Martha Marshall, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
- Martha Sophia Andreas, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · The Burtis Opera House
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
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: usually an occupational name ‘farrier’, occasionally a status name ‘chief official of a royal household or court; a high officer of state’, from Middle English mareshal and Old French maresc(h)al. An even wider range of meanings is found in some other languages: compare for example Polish Marszałek (see Marszalek ). This name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century. It is also borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
Americanized form of German Marschall .
Americanized form of French Mercier .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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