Brief Life History of Opal Vivian
When Opal Vivian Sarchet was born on 16 May 1869, in Cambridge, Guernsey, Ohio, United States, her father, Thomas Wilson Sarchett, was 33 and her mother, Emily M Newland, was 29. She married Jay Newton Wheeler on 2 September 1890, in Algona, Kossuth, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Liberty Township, Union, Ohio, United States in 1870 and Ledyard, Kossuth, Iowa, United States for about 20 years. She died on 19 October 1967, in Algona, Kossuth, Iowa, United States, at the age of 98, and was buried in River View Cemetery, Algona, Kossuth, Iowa, United States.
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- Opel Sartchet in household of Thomas Sartchet, "United States Census, 1870"
- Vivian A. Sarchet, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Opal V. Sarchett, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1884
Historical Boundaries: 1884: Kossuth, Iowa, United States
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
French (mainly Manche): from Old French sarchet ‘spud, weeding hoe’, a nickname for someone who made or used such an implement. This surname is rare in France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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