Caroline Groves

Female3 November 1876–10 June 1934

Brief Life History of Caroline

When Caroline Groves was born on 3 November 1876, in Camp Creek Township, Pike, Ohio, United States, her father, PVT Andrew Jackson Groves, was 33 and her mother, Nancy Anna Strutt, was 24. She married Henry Sanford Walls on 1 January 1897, in Pike, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Pebble Township, Pike, Ohio, United States in 1900. She died on 10 June 1934, in Benton Township, Pike, Ohio, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Gardner Cemetery, Waverly, Pike, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Sanford Walls
1873–1950
Caroline Groves
1876–1934
Marriage: 1 January 1897
Anna Walls
1896–
Floyd Walls
1897–
Charles William Walls
1900–1961
Emma Irene Walls
1904–
Edna Leone Walls
1907–
Opal Maggie Walls
1909–2003
Salathiel G. Walls
1913–1981
Mary Marie Walls
1916–1935
Henry Otto Walls
1918–1993

Sources (26)

  • Groves, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Caroline Groves in household of Andrew J Groves, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Caroline Walls in entry for Neil Zwilling and Emma Walls, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 January 1897Pike, Ohio, United States
  • Children (9)

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    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 5

    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

    Age 6

    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.

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 20

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    Name Meaning

    English (London): variant of Grove , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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