Brief Life History of Charity Sylvania
When Charity Sylvania Mainer was born on 25 November 1879, in Wittich Township, Franklin, Arkansas, United States, her father, Wesley Mainard, was 40 and her mother, Charity Sylvania Shores, was 35. She married James Joshua Sewell on 25 September 1906, in Logan, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Charleston, Franklin, Arkansas, United States in 1920 and Paris, Logan, Arkansas, United States in 1930. She died on 28 July 1958, in Imperial, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Logan, Arkansas, United States.
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- Charity M Mainard in household of Wesley Mainard, "United States Census, 1900"
- Charity Sylvania Sewell, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
- Charity Mainer in entry for J J Sewell, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
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World Events (8)
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.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Mayner , a cognate of 1 above. This form of the surname has died out in Britain.
German and Spanish: from the ancient Germanic personal name Maginhari (Middle English Mainer), composed of the elements magin ‘strength, might’ + hari, heri ‘army’. This surname is rare in Germany.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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