Virginia 'Jennie' Grass

Brief Life History of Virginia 'Jennie'

When Virginia 'Jennie' Grass was born in 1864, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, her father, George Washington Grass, was 34 and her mother, Sarah A. 'Sally' Kidd, was 33. She married James Monroe Supple about 1882. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Jefferson District, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States in 1870 and Baden, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. She died on 31 May 1952, in Beaver Falls, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Beaver Falls Cemetery and Mausoleum, Beaver Falls, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Peter Favero
1859–1911
Virginia 'Jennie' Grass
1864–1952
Joseph R. Favero
1898–1966
Frank D. Favero
1900–1903
Theodore Roosevelt Favero
1904–1966
Lucy Irene Favero
1906–1998
Mary Luella Favero
1908–1995

Sources (16)

  • Jennie Fabero, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Jennie Favero in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 NOTE: Birth year way off.
  • Janni Grass in entry for John Supples and Jennie Brightnell, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad

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.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

German: topographic name for someone who owned or lived by a meadow, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or sold hay, from Middle High German gras ‘grass, pasture, grazing’. It is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).

South German: nickname for an irascible man, from Middle High German graz ‘intense, angry’.

English: variant of Grace .

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

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