Sophia Lapin

Brief Life History of Sophia

Sophia Lapin was born in June 1860, in Russian Island, Clatsop, Oregon, United States as the daughter of Yaakov or Jacob Lappin and Jennie. She had at least 3 sons and 4 daughters with Mordecai or Max Friedman. She lived in Venice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1920. In 1885, at the age of 25, her occupation is listed as peddler in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She died on 24 January 1930, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, East Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Mordecai or Max Friedman
1861–1897
Sophia Lapin
1860–1930
Jacob H Freedman
1883–1967
Rachael Leah Freedman
1885–1961
Harry Freedman
1887–1983
Matilda Freedman
1890–1975
Isadore Harry Freedman
1891–1983
Rose Freedman
1895–1971
Jennie Freedman
1897–1990

Sources (41)

  • Sophy Freedman in household of Harry Freedman, "United States Census, 1920"
  • INDEX: Sophia Friedman, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Not Known Not Known, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953"

World Events (8)

1863

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

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

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.

1880 · The Great Gale of 1880

The Great Gale of 1880 was a severe snow and wind storm that devastated parts of Oregon and Washington on January 9, 1880. The extratropical cyclone caused tides to rise seven feet, gale force winds, and snow accumulations of up to 18 inches.  

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Avrum, Chanie, Hayim, Hymie, Yakov. Russian Vitaly, Vladimir, Anatoly, Arkady, Gennady, Mikhail, Nikolai.

Jewish (from Belarus): habitational name for someone from thevillage of Łapy in northeastern Poland or Lapino in Belarus.

Polish (Łapin): from a possessive form of Łapa‘paw, mutton fist’ (see Lapa ).

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

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