Brief Life History of George Carpenter
When George Carpenter Cocanower was born on 10 February 1841, in Richland, Ohio, United States, his father, Joseph Gochenauer, was 40 and his mother, Mary Burget, was 35. He married Sarah Elizabeth Leedy on 15 November 1867, in Richland, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Berlin Township, Knox, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Ohio, United States in 1914. He died on 11 June 1914, in Richland, Ohio, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Ankenytown Cemetery, Ankenytown, Berlin Township, Knox, Ohio, United States.
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- George Gochenaur, "United States Census, 1850"
- Kentucky, County Birth, Marriages, & Death 1797-1954
- George Cocanower, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848
In 1848, by state legislative action, Knox County lost 3 western townships, South Bloomfield, Chester and Franklin, to Morrow County, leaving Hilliar as the lone original western township.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Via Old French and Latin, from Greek Georgios (a derivative of geōrgos ‘farmer’, from gē ‘earth’ + ergein ‘to work’). This was the name of several early saints, including the shadowy figure who is now the patron of England (as well as of Germany and Portugal). If the saint existed at all, he was perhaps martyred in Palestine in the persecutions of Christians instigated by the Emperor Diocletian at the beginning of the 4th century. The popular legend in which the hero slays a dragon is a medieval Italian invention. He was for a long time a more important saint in the Orthodox Church than in the West, and the name was not much used in England during the Middle Ages, even after St George came to be regarded as the patron of England in the 14th century. Its use increased from the 1400s, and by 1500 it was regularly among the most popular male names. This popularity was reinforced when George I came to the throne in 1714 , bringing this name with him from Germany. It has been one of the most popular English boys' names ever since.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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