Emma Susan Thatcher

Brief Life History of Emma Susan

When Emma Susan Thatcher was born in December 1857, in Mount Liberty, Knox, Ohio, United States, her father, Samuel William Thatcher Sr, was 31 and her mother, Sarah Ann Weller, was 28. She married Olen B Conway about 1878, in Knox, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in South Bloomfield Township, Morrow, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Liberty Township, Knox, Ohio, United States in 1900. She died on 7 May 1920, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Centerburg Cemetery, Centerburg, Hilliar Township, Knox, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Olen B Conway
1858–1940
Emma Susan Thatcher
1857–1920
Marriage: about 1878
Gale Ambrose Conway
1880–1934
Millton A Conway
1884–
Mable Conway
1886–
Leor Conway
1882–1959

Sources (23)

  • Emma Thatcher in household of Samuel Thatcher, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Emma Thatcher - Government record: Death record or certificate: birth-name: Emma Thatcher
  • Emma Thatcher, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

World Events (8)

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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: occupational name for a thatcher, someone who covered roofs in straw, from an agent derivative of Middle English thach(en) ‘to thatch’ (Old English thæccan).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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