Brief Life History of Gertrude
When Gertrude Belnap was born on 11 December 1858, in Ashtabula, Ohio, United States, her father, Charles Avery Belnap, was 37 and her mother, Elizabeth North, was 36. She married Charles Gibson Betts on 15 December 1880. She lived in Jefferson, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Jefferson, Ohio, United States in 1935. She died in 1935, in Jefferson Township, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Jefferson, Ohio, United States.
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- Gertrude Betts in household of Charles G Betts, "United States Census, 1920"
- Gertie Belnap, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Gertrude Betts, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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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.
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English: variant of Belknap .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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