Cynthia Adelaide Frost

Female1841–January 1905

Brief Life History of Cynthia Adelaide

Cynthia Adelaide Frost was born in 1841, in Vermont, United States. She married Reuben W. Johnson on 1 January 1859, in Union, Rock, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died in January 1905, in Union, Rock, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States.

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Reuben W. Johnson
1836–1894
Cynthia Adelaide Frost
1841–1905
Marriage: 1 January 1859
Helen Vernelia Johnson
1862–
Frank A. Johnson
1867–

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  • Marriage
    1 January 1859Union, Rock, Wisconsin, United States

    • Children (2)

    World Events (8)

    1846

    Age 5

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1854 · The Creation of the Republican Party

    Age 13

    A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim that the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.

    1863

    Age 22

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    English, German, Danish, and Swedish: nickname for someone who suffers from being cold, or perhaps used in the sense ‘frosty, cold as frost, without warmth of feeling’, or perhaps ‘having the appearance of being covered with frost’ for one with white hair or a white beard. From Old English, Old High German, Old Norse frost ‘frost’.

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

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