Ella Jane Lineberger

Brief Life History of Ella Jane

When Ella Jane Lineberger was born on 26 October 1880, in Gaston, North Carolina, United States, her father, Lewis Monroe Lineberger, was 38 and her mother, Sarah Anne Springs, was 29. She married William Hayes Hoffman on 25 December 1901, in South Point Township, Gaston, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in South Point Township, Gaston, North Carolina, United States for about 30 years and Belmont, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States in 1937. She died on 16 April 1937, in Belmont, Gaston, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Belmont, Gaston, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Hayes Hoffman
1876–1904
Ella Jane Lineberger
1880–1937
Marriage: 25 December 1901
Jessie Clarinda Hoffman
1902–1997
Nile Hayes Hoffman Sr.
1904–1987

Sources (17)

  • Ella Hoffman, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Ella Lineberger, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Ella Jane Hoffman, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"

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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

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

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

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

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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