Joseph Northrup See

Brief Life History of Joseph Northrup

When Joseph Northrup See was born on 17 June 1872, in Tama, Iowa, United States, his father, Rev. Albert Nelson See, was 31 and his mother, Cynthia Ann Northrop, was 31. He married Florence C Purinton on 26 March 1895, in Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Morris, Kansas, United States in 1935 and Barnes, Washington, Kansas, United States in 1940. He died on 2 November 1948, in Collyer, Trego, Kansas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Collyer, Trego, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Northrup See
1872–1948
Florence C Purinton
1875–1967
Marriage: 26 March 1895
Adela Josephine See
1896–1984
Albert Purinton See
1899–
Elbert Wesley Northrup See
1901–1982
Harold Schyler See
1904–1965
Charles Woodbury See
1908–1908
Florence C See
1911–

Sources (14)

  • Joseph N See, "Kansas State Census, 1915"
  • Joseph N See, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
  • Joseph N. See, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1874

Historical Boundaries: 1874: Ness, Kansas, United States

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English and German: topographic name for someone who lived by the sea-shore or beside a lake, from Middle English se ‘sea, lake’ (Old English ), Middle High German .

Altered form of French (of Flemish origin) Sy .

Chinese: variant of Si or Xi .

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

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