Brief Life History of Virgil Alexander
When Virgil Alexander Obert was born on 4 December 1842, in New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States, his father, Alexander H Obert, was 31 and his mother, Mary Rosina Hamburg, was 25. He married Sarah E. Wilhite on 11 March 1873, in Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Marysville, Marshall, Kansas, United States in 1889 and Elm Creek Township, Marshall, Kansas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 10 November 1914, in Norton, Norton, Kansas, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Norton Cemetery, Norton, Norton, Kansas, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Alexander Obert in household of A H Obert, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Oleyander Obert - Government record: birth-name: Oleyander Obert
- Virgil A Obert, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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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.
1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Kansas Territory, United States 1855: Marshall, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Marshall, Kansas, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
German and French (northern and Alsace); Hungarian (also Óbert): from an ancient Germanic personal name formed with ōd ‘possession’ + berht ‘bright, famous’. Alternatively, a variant of Albert (compare 2 and 3 below). Compare also Obrecht .
German: altered form of French Aubert . It is of Huguenot origin.
French (northern and Alsace): variant of Aubert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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