Sophia Conrad

FemaleOctober 1837–2 October 1907

Brief Life History of Sophia

Sophia Conrad was born in October 1837, in Pennsylvania, United States. She had at least 4 sons and 1 daughter with Elihu Eckler. She lived in Vanport, Vanport Township, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. She died on 2 October 1907, at the age of 70, and was buried in Beaver, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elihu Eckler
1833–1905
Sophia Conrad
1837–1907
Frank L Eckler
1866–1931
Captain Alfred S. Eckler
1867–1929
MARGARET "Maggie" S Eckler
1869–1917
Edwin Eckler
1872–
James Stokes Eckler
1875–1955

Sources (11)

  • Sophia Eckles in household of Elihu Eckles, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Sophia E. Conrad Eckler, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Sophia in entry for James S. Eckles and Bessie C, Miss McCauley, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"

Spouse and Children

Children (5)

World Events (7)

1846

Age 9

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Age 26

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

Age 26

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

Name Meaning

German: variant of Konrad and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. It was also adopted as a surname by Ashkenazic Jews.

French (mainly Alsace and Lorraine): from the personal name Conrad, of ancient Germanic origin, or a Frenchified form of the German cognate Konrad .

English (Middlesex): from an Anglicized form of the German personal name Konrad .

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

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