Savilla Feller

Brief Life History of Savilla

When Savilla Feller was born on 8 February 1880, in Miami, Indiana, United States, her father, Christian Feller, was 41 and her mother, Elizabeth Gerber, was 33. She married Charles E. Murphy on 3 November 1901, in Miami, Deer Creek Township, Miami, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Harrison Township, Miami, Indiana, United States for about 1 years. She died on 3 November 1907, at the age of 27.

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Family Time Line

Charles E. Murphy
1879–1953
Savilla Feller
1880–1907
Marriage: 3 November 1901
Leah Elizabeth Murphy
1902–1986

Sources (4)

  • Savilla S Feller in household of Christen Feller, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Saloma S Feller, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Si... Murphy, "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"

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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.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a furrier, a seller of pelts or hides, from an -er agent derivative of Middle English fell, Middle Low German, Middle High German vel, German Fell or Yiddish fel ‘hide, pelt’. See also Fell .

German: variant of Felder .

German: habitational name for someone from a place called Fell near Trier or Fellen, Felln in Bavaria.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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