Brief Life History of Martha Ann
When Martha Ann Fancher was born on 12 April 1859, in Wright, Iowa, United States, her father, William Nitzer Fancher, was 66 and her mother, Rebecca Ellen Moore, was 39. She married William H. McCrystal on 10 September 1876, in Keokuk, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Cameron Township, Audubon, Iowa, United States in 1885. She died on 12 June 1895, in Audubon, Iowa, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Cameron Cemetery, Cameron Township, Audubon, Iowa, United States.
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- Mattie Mccristal in household of William Mccristal, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Legacy NFS Source: Martha Ann Fancher - Individual or family possessions: birth: 12 April 1859; Wright, Iowa, United States
- Martha A. Faucher, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · The Burtis Opera House
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
Altered form of English Fanshaw, which is perhaps a habitational name from Fanshaw Gate in Holmesfield (Derbyshire), which is recorded as le Faunchallegatehede in 1456 and Fawnchallegate in 1472. However, this place may take its name from a surname such as Faunchall or Fanshaw, and not the other way about.
In some cases possibly also an altered form of French Fanger .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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