Brief Life History of Lydia
When Lydia Barger was born on 18 April 1839, in Cadiz, Harrison, Ohio, United States, her father, John Barger, was 32 and her mother, Eliza Ann Gatchell, was 28. She married Henry R Ripley on 7 December 1857, in Tuscarawas, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Rush, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States in 1920. She died on 18 June 1934, in Stillwater, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Rush, Rush Township, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States.
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- Lydia Ripley in household of Iva D Sproul, "United States Census, 1920"
- Lydia Barber, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Ludia Ripley, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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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.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
North German and Dutch: variant of Berger 1 and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. The surname Barger is rare in Germany and the Netherlands.
German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Barg(e), see Barg . This surname is rare in Germany.
French: variant of Berger ‘shepherd’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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