Brief Life History of Minta
When Minta Poppleton was born in 1864, in Lafayette, Yamhill, Oregon, United States, her father, Edgar Poppleton, was 33 and her mother, Nancy Catherine Shelton, was 25. She married Robert A Alexander on 5 November 1887, in Yamhill, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died about 13 August 1912, at the age of 48.
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Sources (9)
- Minta Poppleton in household of Edgar Poppleton, "United States Census, 1880"
- Minta Poppleton, "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975"
- Minta Alexander, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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.
1880 · The Great Gale of 1880
The Great Gale of 1880 was a severe snow and wind storm that devastated parts of Oregon and Washington on January 9, 1880. The extratropical cyclone caused tides to rise seven feet, gale force winds, and snow accumulations of up to 18 inches.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from a place in WestYorkshire, so named from Old English popel ‘pebble’ +tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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