Brief Life History of Augustus Christopher
When Augustus Christopher Thrasher was born in March 1840, in Trenton, Oneida, New York, United States, his father, Joseph Thrasher, was 32 and his mother, Betsy Phillips, was 32. He married Jane Eva Lloyd in 1864, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Brooklyn, Green Lake, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years and Green Lake, Green Lake, Wisconsin, United States in 1920. He registered for military service in 1861. He died on 3 June 1923, at the age of 83, and was buried in Welsh Cemetery, Berlin, Waushara, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Augustus Thrasher, "United States Census, 1850"
- Augustus C. Thrasher, "Find A Grave Index"
- Augustus C Thrasher, "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1858
Historical Boundaries: 1858: Green Lake, Wisconsin, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English thressher ‘thresher’, a derivative of Old English therscan, threscan, thryscan ‘to thresh’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Drescher .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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