Brief Life History of Julia E
When Julia E Stauffer was born in 1856, in Indiana, United States, her father, Abraham Stauffer, was 37 and her mother, Jerusha Jane Tucker, was 37. She lived in Perrysville, Highland Township, Vermillion, Indiana, United States for about 10 years.
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- Julia E Stauffer in household of Abraham Stauffer, "United States Census, 1860"
- Julia Stauffer in household of Abraham Stauffer, "United States Census, 1870"
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World Events (8)
1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
South German:
occupational name for a maker or seller of beakers or mugs, from an agent derivative of Middle High German stouf ‘beaker, stoup’.
habitational name for someone from any of various minor places called with this word, for example Stauf, Staufen; the reference is to hills thought to resemble a beaker in shape. Compare Stouffer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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