Brief Life History of Sonora
When Sonora Trout was born on 9 October 1854, in Clark, Ohio, United States, her father, Andrew L Trout, was 30 and her mother, Eliza Bennett, was 24. She married Aaron Myers on 27 December 1877, in Bethel, Clark, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States for about 20 years and Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1910. She died on 31 October 1944, in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States.
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- Nora Myers in household of George Metzger, "United States Census, 1940"
- Sonora Trout, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Senora Trout Myers, "Find A Grave Index"
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1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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 (mainly Devon): nickname from Middle English trout(e), trut(e), trought(e), trot ‘trout’ (Old English trūht), perhaps for someone who caught or sold trout, or who was thought to resemble the fish in some way.
Altered form of German Traut .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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