Brief Life History of Bertha
When Bertha Castor was born on 21 April 1860, in Green Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States, her father, Tobias Castor Sr, was 45 and her mother, Cordelia Hickox, was 32. She married Josiah Wells Covert Sr. on 15 May 1884, in Ashland, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Green Township, Richland, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Hanover Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. She died on 6 June 1945, in Loudonville, Ashland, Ohio, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Loudonville Cemetery, Loudonville, Ashland, Ohio, United States.
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- Bertha Covert, "United States Census, 1940"
- Bertha Castor, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Bertha Covert, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
French, German, Spanish, and West Indian (mainly Haiti): from the Latin personal name Castor, borne by one of the Greco-Roman mythological Dioscuri twins (the other being Pollux) and by several early Christian saints (see Kastor 1).
English (Nottinghamshire): habitational name from any of the places called Caistor, in Lincolnshire, Caister in Norfolk, or Castor in Northamptonshire, all named with Old English cæster ‘Roman fort or town’.
German: humanistic surname, a translation into Latin of Biber , from castor ‘beaver’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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