When Fannie Conrad was born on 9 June 1850, in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States, her father, Christian Conrad, was 36 and her mother, Marie Yoder Jotter, was 27. She married John H. Liechty in 1874, in Orrville, Green Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Greene, Trumbull, Ohio, United States in 1880. She died on 17 January 1891, at the age of 40, and was buried in Oak Grove Mennonite Church, Green Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States.
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Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
German: variant of Konrad and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. It was also adopted as a surname by Ashkenazic Jews.
French (mainly Alsace and Lorraine): from the personal name Conrad, of ancient Germanic origin, or a Frenchified form of the German cognate Konrad .
English (Middlesex): from an Anglicized form of the German personal name Konrad .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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