Brief Life History of Zona Louise
When Zona Louise Shafer was born on 4 December 1882, in South Dakota, United States, her father, Albertus Hoyt Shafer, was 26 and her mother, Martha Nelsena Sjursen, was 19. She married Ira Oscar Bolton on 14 October 1903. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Matheson, Elbert, Colorado, United States in 1920 and Harrison Township, Rice, Kansas, United States in 1930. She died on 17 August 1970, in Lyons, Rice, Kansas, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Lyons, Rice, Kansas, United States.
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- Nola L Botton in household of Ira O Botton, "United States Census, 1910"
- Zona Shafer, "South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2016"
- Zona Bolton, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1890 · Gold is Discovered
In 1890, Robert Miller Womack discovers a rich gold deposit along Cripple Creek, near the western slope of Pikes Peak. This would become the richest gold strike in the Rocky Mountin area.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Schäfer (see Schaefer ), Schäffer (see Schaffer 2) or Schaffer 1.
Americanized form of Hungarian Sáfár, Slovenian and Croatian Šafar or Šafer, Czech Šafář or Šafer, Slovak Šafár, in part cognates of 1 above (see Safar ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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