Brief Life History of Sophia
When Sophia Dreyer was born on 27 November 1861, in Switzerland, her father, Daniel George Dreyer, was 29 and her mother, Kresenzia M Zweifel, was 29. She married Charles Ebelhar on 3 November 1885, in Daviess, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Magisterial District 1, Daviess, Kentucky, United States for about 40 years. She died on 22 December 1953, in Kentucky, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States.
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- Sophiah Dryer in household of Daniel Dryer, "United States Census, 1880"
- Sophia Dreyer, "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979"
- Sophia Maria Dreyer Ebelhar, "Find A Grave Index"
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1862 · Battle of Perryville
On October 8, 1862, the Battle of Perryville took place between the Army of Ohio and the Army of Mississippi. It was the bloodiest battle on Kentucky soil. The Union lost around four thousand people and the Confederates lost around three thousand people. This was about one fifth of those that fought.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Erwin, Fritz, Johannes, Kurt, Baerbel, Bernhard, Christoph, Claus, Dieter, Ernst, Hedwig.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname derived from German drei ‘three’, Middle High German drī(e), with the addition of the suffix -er. This was the name of a medieval coin worth three hellers (see Heller ), and it is possible that the German surname may have been derived from this word. More probably, the nickname is derived from some other connection with the number three, too anecdotal to be even guessed at now.
North German and Scandinavian: occupational name for a turner of wood or bone, from an agent derivative of Middle Low German dreien, dregen ‘to turn’. See also Dressler .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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