Caroline Omega Snodgrass

Brief Life History of Caroline Omega

When Caroline Omega Snodgrass was born about 1852, in Webster, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Joseph S Snodgrass, was 32 and her mother, Mary Showen, was 33. She married Eli McDowell Thompson on 17 January 1872, in Webster, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States. She lived in Viroqua, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States in 1880.

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Eli McDowell Thompson
1849–1917
Caroline Omega Snodgrass
about 1852–
Marriage: 17 January 1872

Sources (5)

  • Caroline Snodgrass in household of Joseph Snodgrass, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Caroline Oneyo Snodgrass - Government record: birth-name: Caroline Oneyo Snodgrass
  • Caroline Onege Snodgrass in entry for Eli McDowell Thompson, "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930"

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World Events (8)

1851

Historical Boundaries: 1851: Bad Ax, Wisconsin, United States 1862: Vernon, Wisconsin, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

Name Meaning

Scottish (Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire): habitational name from the lands of Snodgrasse in Irvine (Ayrshire), whose name is unexplained.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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