Brief Life History of Gretchen Louise
When Gretchen Louise Schoonover was born on 14 September 1886, in Saint Marys, Saint Marys Township, Auglaize, Ohio, United States, her father, John Thomas Schoonover, was 30 and her mother, Laura Emma Gibson, was 23. She married Charles Anderson Jenkins on 24 December 1906, in Auglaize, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 4 August 1940, in Sewickley Heights, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Gretchen S Dauler in household of Harvey N Dauler, "United States Census, 1940"
- Gretchen Schoonover, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Gretchen Louise Schoonover Dauler, "Find A Grave Index"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
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Americanized form of Dutch Schoonhoven .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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