Brief Life History of Caleb S.
When Caleb S. Myers was born on 19 April 1865, in Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Joseph Myers, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Jane Gongaware, was 29. He married Margaret Jane Greenawalt on 14 March 1889, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Shafton, North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. He died on 16 June 1944, in Irwin, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Irwin, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Caleb Myers in household of Joseph Myers, "United States Census, 1870"
- Cale S. Myers in entry for C. Maxwell Myers and Edna O. Holdren, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Caloss A Myer in household of Joseph Myer, "United States Census, 1880"
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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.
English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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