Brief Life History of Maria J
When Maria J Hoover was born on 25 December 1873, in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California, United States, her father, John Henry Hoover, was 26 and her mother, Nancy Jane Hysell, was 19. She married Johann Westdorf on 3 April 1892, in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Watsonville Judicial Township, Santa Cruz, California, United States for about 20 years. She died on 29 May 1963, in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Maria Westdorf, "United States Census, 1930"
- Maria J Westdorp, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
- Maria J Hoover in entry for Laura Estrada, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1898 · War with the Spanish
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
Americanized form of Swiss German and German Huber .
Americanized form of Finnish Huovinen: from huovi ‘soldier, horseman’ + the surname suffix -nen.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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