Brief Life History of Mary E
When Mary E Knepper was born on 1 April 1883, in Barnesville, Ryan Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Alfred Knepper, was 20 and her mother, Sarah Ann Cole, was 22. She married Joshua Washington Ketner on 2 May 1903, in Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in West Penn Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. She died on 20 May 1950, in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Tuckerton, Muhlenberg Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Mary Ketner, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mary Ann Knepper, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Mary E. Ketner, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
German (Westphalia): probably an occupational name for a cobbler, from Middle Low German knīp ‘knife of a bent shape’.
nickname from a dialect word meaning ‘stork’ in Uckermark region.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Yiddish knop ‘large button’ + the agent suffix -er.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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