Brief Life History of Sophia
When Sophia Zimmer was born on 20 April 1861, in Saint Agatha, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, her father, Henricus Zimmer, was 26 and her mother, Catherine Dorschel, was 20. She married Albert J. Ruppert on 13 August 1883. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 31 August 1918, in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in United German and French Cemetery, Cheektowaga, Erie, New York, United States.
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- Sophia Ruppert, "United States Census, 1910"
- Sophia M Ruppert, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- Sophie in entry for Louis A. Ruppert and Theresa Latcha, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · Ontario Founded
On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
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
Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Erwin, Kurt, Franz, Fritz, Mathias, Otto, Bernhard, Dieter, Georg, Horst, Markus.
German: metonymic occupational name for a carpenter, either from Middle High German zim(b)er, zimmer ‘wood, wooden building’ or a shortening of Zimmermann .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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