Brief Life History of Julia Ann
When Julia Ann Keffer was born in March 1829, in Missouri, United States, her father, Joseph Keffer, was 19 and her mother, Henrietta "Ritty" Stafford, was 15. She married Samuel James Gosney on 13 April 1854, in Jackson, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Burnett Judicial Township, Santa Clara, California, United States in 1900 and Santa Clara, California, United States in 1910. She died in 1912, in California, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Morgan Hill, Santa Clara, California, United States.
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- Julia A Gasney in household of James Gasney, "United States Census, 1860"
- Perlyan Keefer, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Julian Lurs in household of Nickolas Lurs, "United States Census, 1880"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1848 · The California Gold Rush
On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars.
1857 · 7.9 Earthquake In Fort Tejon
The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.
Name Meaning
German: variant of Käfer, see Kaefer , Kafer 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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