Brief Life History of Della Rosella
When Della Rosella Bennehoff was born on 27 June 1878, in Lodi, Harrisville Township, Medina, Ohio, United States, her father, Levi Benninghoff, was 35 and her mother, Caroline Fisher, was 30. She married Jesse Henry Moyer on 22 January 1895, in Seneca, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Erie, Ohio, United States in 1935 and York Township, Sandusky, Ohio, United States in 1940. She died on 6 August 1970, in Clyde, Sandusky, Ohio, United States, at the age of 92.
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- Della Moyer in household of Jess Moyer, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Della Bennehoff - Government record: Census record: birth: June 1872; Ohio, United States
- Della Fisher, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
Name which first appeared in the 1870s and has continued to grow steadily in popularity ever since. Its derivation is not clear; if it is not simply an arbitrary creation, it may be an altered form of Delia or Delilah , or a short form of Adela . In modern use it is sometimes taken as a feminine form of Dell .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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