When Helen Adelia Soper was born on 23 May 1900, in Sugar Hill, Orange, Schuyler, New York, United States, her father, Manley Thomas Soper, was 48 and her mother, Lena Maryelle Fero, was 30. She married William Harland Rose on 29 May 1919, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Horseheads, Chemung, New York, United States in 1910 and Veteran, Chemung, New York, United States for about 25 years. She died on 9 August 1989, in Schuyler, New York, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Pine Valley, Chemung, New York, United States.
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President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
English (Devon): occupational name from Middle English soper(e), sap(i)ere ‘soaper, maker or seller of soap’ (Old English sāpere, apparently of Celtic origin). The process involved boiling oil or fat together with potash or soda.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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