When Mary Olive Robichon was born on 15 September 1856, in District Judiciaire de Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, her father, Rene Robichon, was 29 and her mother, Marie Cole, was 22. She married Edgar Jehial Myers on 30 June 1873, in Sauk, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Town of Sumpter, Sauk, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years and Escondido, San Diego, California, United States in 1930. She died on 29 September 1946, in Chino, San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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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.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
From Hebrew. See Maria and Mary .
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