Elmer Carson Reber
1866–
Cressona, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
The Life of Elmer Carson
When Elmer Carson Reber was born on 31 July 1866, in Cressona, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Lewis Benjamin Reber, was 19 and his mother, Sarah Angeline Focht, was 18. He lived in Sherman Township, Osceola, Michigan, United States in 1880.
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Family Time Line
Lewis Benjamin Reber
1847–1914
Sarah Angeline Focht
1848–1922
Elmer Carson Reber
1866–
James Franklin Reber
1867–1936
Linneaus Reber
1869–1869
Landis Abraham Reber
1871–1954
Howard S. Reber
1873–1968
Lewis Benjamin Reber
1874–1968
Anna Eliza Reber
1876–
Linneaus Reber
1878–
Unnamed second Reper
1882–1882
Unnamed Reber
1883–1883
Robert Reber
1884–1888
Charles Wesley Reber
1885–1885
Martha Almeda Reber
1886–1957
Parents & Siblings
1847–1914Male
- Sarah Angeline Focht
1848–1922Female
siblings
(13)
1866–Male
1867–1936Male
1869–1869Male
1871–1954Male
1873–1968Male
+8 More Children
World Events (8)
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
Age 1
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Age 11
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 32
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
1 German and Swiss German: occupational name for a vine-dresser or vintner, from Middle High German rebe ‘vine’ + -er agent suffix.2 German and Swiss German: from a Germanic personal name, Radobert, formed with rād, rāt ‘counsel’, ‘advice’ + berht ‘bright’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
Elmer Reber in household of Lewis B Reber, "United States Census, 1880"
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