Brief Life History of Nanny Estelle 'Stella'
When Nanny Estelle 'Stella' Sageser was born in May 1876, in Orangeville, Orangeville Township, Orange, Indiana, United States, her father, John M Sageser, was 40 and her mother, Cordelia J Cowherd, was 33. She married John Kenley Robbins on 19 December 1897, in Orange, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States for about 15 years and Magisterial District 3, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States in 1940. She died on 29 December 1967, in Jeffersonville, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Mitchell City Cemetery, Mitchell, Lawrence, Indiana, United States.
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- Nana Estella Robbins, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Stella Sageser - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Stella Sageser
- N Estella Sageser, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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.
1892 · The Radio is invented
Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Sägesser, Segesser, an occupational name for a scythe maker, from an agent derivative of Middle High German sëgense ‘scythe’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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