Brief Life History of Clarissa Elizabeth
When Clarissa Elizabeth Alger was born on 30 July 1855, in Trenton, Grundy, Missouri, United States, her father, Thomas Hancock Alger, was 26 and her mother, Sarah Ann Edwards, was 22. She married Moroni Stones about 1876, in Trenton, Grundy, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Simi Judicial Township, Ventura, California, United States in 1900 and Simi Valley, Ventura, California, United States for about 10 years. She died on 10 January 1928, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Simi Valley, Ventura, California, United States.
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Sources (18)
- Clarissa Stone in household of Moroni Stone, "United States Census, 1920"
- Clarissa E Stones, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
- Clarissa Alger in entry for William F Stone, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1873
Historical Boundaries: 1873: Ventura, California, United States
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.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Alger. Pronounced with a soft g it is from Old French Alg(i)er, Aug(i)er (ancient Germanic Adalgari, composed of the elements adal ‘noble’ + gāri ‘spear’); see Auger . Pronounced with a hard g, it is a variant of Algar .
Scottish and English: in Scotland, Alger may be a variant of Algeo .
German: from a shortened form of the ancient Germanic personal name Adalgar (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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