When Mary Jane Erret was born on 20 January 1844, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Isaac Errett, was 22 and her mother, Rebecca Miller, was 18. She married Jacob Luther Sheffler on 4 November 1858. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Hubble Township, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Grant Township, Greene, Indiana, United States in 1920. In 1880, at the age of 36, her occupation is listed as farmer in Jefferson Township, Greene, Indiana, United States. She died on 12 September 1920, in Casey, Clark, Illinois, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Linton, Stockton Township, Greene, Indiana, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Some characteristic forenames: French Emile, Yves, Antoine, Camille, Collette, Eusebe, Laurent, Maryse, Monique, Raoul, Solange.
French: from a diminutive of Old French verre ‘glass’, hence perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a glazier.
History: Michel Verret dit Laverdure from Saintes in Charente-Maritime, France, married Marie Galarneau in Charlesbourg, QC, in 1683. The Verret families of LA trace their foundation to one Michel-Joseph Verret who was born in Canada and was in LA by 1724.
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