When Marcia Ann Bowen was born on 23 November 1850, in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, her father, Isaac Bowen, was 43 and her mother, Julianna Lambert, was 33. She married Daniel Reppert on 28 August 1868, in Baker, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Susanville, Lassen, California, United States in 1870 and Scott Valley Judicial Township, Siskiyou, California, United States in 1880. She died on 19 January 1886, in Pentz, Butte, California, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Oroville, Butte, California, United States.
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Oroville originally was known as Ophir City, but the name was changed in 1855.
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.
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Owain ‘son of Owain’ (see Owen ), with fused patronymic marker (a)p, which is normally voiced before a vowel.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Buadhacháin ‘descendant of Buadhachán’, a diminutive of Buadhach ‘victorious’ (see Bohan ).
Irish: used to ‘translate’ Ó Cnáimhín ‘descendant of Cnáimhín’, a personal name meaning ‘little bone’ or ‘little body’, see Nevin 1.
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