Brief Life History of Minnie Alis
When Minnie Alis Patchen was born on 7 August 1867, in La Grange, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Jared Patchen, was 54 and her mother, Mary Jane Fuller Long, was 45. She married Sherman Grant Hornbeck on 16 November 1886, in Walworth, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Lima, Rock, Wisconsin, United States in 1900 and San Diego, San Diego, California, United States in 1950. She died on 29 June 1956, in La Mesa, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Heart Prairie Cemetery, La Grange, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Minnie A Hornbeck, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Minnie A - Government record: birth-name: Minnie Patchen
- Minnie A. Patchen, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
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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.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
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English: from a pet form of Patch (see Pack ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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