Brief Life History of Florabelle
When Florabelle Studebaker was born on 3 January 1867, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Studebaker, was 47 and her mother, Harriet Haney, was 42. She married Jeff D. Jefferson after 1887, in Pennsylvania, United States.
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1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
Altered form of German Studebäcker, Stutenbecker, an occupational name for a baker, from Middle Low German stute ‘fine white bread’ + becker ‘baker’.
History: The wagon maker who made the name famous, Clement Studebaker (1831–1901) was a fourth-generation descendant of Clement and Anna Catherine Studebecker, who arrived in Philadelphia, PA, in the ship Harle from Rotterdam in 1736. They settled with other Germans in what is now Adams County, PA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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