Brief Life History of Sandy W
When Sandy W Gerow was born in January 1865, in Maine, United States, his father, Wellington A Gerow, was 21 and his mother, Elvira A Moody, was 19. He married Orrie E. McQuarrie on 23 November 1888, in Hodgdon, Aroostook, Maine, United States. He died in 1916, in Hodgdon, Aroostook, Maine, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Hodgdon, Aroostook, Maine, United States.
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- Sandy Gerow in household of Wellington A Gerow, "United States Census, 1870"
- Sandy W. Gerow, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Sandy W. Gerow, "Find A Grave Index"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
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
Americanized form of French Giroux or Giraud .
History: This surname is listed along with its original form Giraud in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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