Brief Life History of Rhoda Dora Ann
When Rhoda Dora Ann Kenworthy was born on 30 March 1865, in Greenwood, Polk, Iowa, United States, her father, William Sylvanus Kenworthy, was 23 and her mother, Susannah Jane Haworth, was 22. She married Don Carlos Chamberlain on 4 September 1881, in Osborne, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in Ontario, San Bernardino, California, United States in 1910 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1920. She died on 12 April 1920, in Lennox, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Dora A Chamberlin in household of Don C Chamberlin, "United States Census, 1910"
- Dora A Chamberlain, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Rhoda Kenworthy, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Marriage Records, 1906-1968"
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World Events (8)
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.
1867 · The Burtis Opera House
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
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.
Name Meaning
English (northwestern): habitational name from a place in Cheshire, apparently so called from the Old English personal name Cēna + worthign ‘enclosure, farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Family trip from Saginaw, Michigan to Texas County, Missouri, 1895
Per 20 June 1895, Saginaw News, found online at GenealogyBank.com, a paragraph: "Don Carlos Chamberlain, a tin pedler, accompanied by his wife and four children, have started from Davidson in a one-h …
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