When Emma Jane Stark was born on 22 April 1861, in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, George Adam Stark, was 27 and her mother, Mary Wahn, was 21. She married Israel Painter Leasure on 20 February 1883, in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. She died on 29 May 1942, in Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Scottish (Lanarkshire) and English: nickname from Middle English stark ‘strong, sturdy; harsh, severe’ (Old English stearc).
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a strong, bold person, from Middle High German stark(e), German stark ‘strong, brave’.
Czech and Slovak (Štark): of German origin (see 2 above).
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