Brief Life History of Sarah Elizabeth
When Sarah Elizabeth VanVickle was born on 17 September 1879, in Holt, Missouri, United States, her father, Jacob Melton "corn" VanVickle, was 30 and her mother, Caroline Randall, was 20. She married William Quincy Snelling on 24 December 1893, in Craig, Holt, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Aspinwall Election Precinct, Nemaha, Nebraska, United States in 1900. She died on 22 March 1915, in Falls City, Richardson, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Falls City, Richardson, Nebraska, United States.
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- Sarah C Snelling in household of William Snelling, "United States Census, 1910"
- England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
- Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
American Dutch:
probably a habitational name, also recorded as Van Wicklen, from Wijckel in Friesland.
reportedly also an altered form of Van Sickle , a surname of Flemish origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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