Brief Life History of Cynthia Elvira
When Cynthia Elvira Lineberger was born on 17 April 1851, in Gaston, North Carolina, United States, her father, Laban Jonas Lineberger, was 24 and her mother, Eve Louisa Hoffman, was 22. She married Harrison Jenkins on 28 March 1876, in Dallas Township, Gaston, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 16 December 1938, in Dallas, Gaston, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Gaston, North Carolina, United States.
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- Syntha L Lineberger in household of J L Lineberger, "United States Census, 1870"
- Elvira Lineberger, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Elvira Lineberger, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
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1853 · First State Fair
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Swiss German and German Leuenberger or of its Alsatian cognate Leyenberger. Compare Linebarger , Lineberry , and Lionberger .
Americanized form of German Leinberger .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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