Brief Life History of Grace Alverta
When Grace Alverta Senne was born on 14 January 1873, in St. James, Phelps, Missouri, United States, her father, John Christian Senne, was 42 and her mother, Mary Ann Copeland, was 34. She married Joseph Maple Wilson Sr. on 19 June 1894, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 31 March 1930, in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in New Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States.
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- Grace Neilson in household of J Maple Neilson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Grace A Senne, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Grace Alverta Senne Wilson, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
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.
Name Meaning
German: variant of Senn .
German: habitational name from a place so named, for example near Bielefeld.
French: from Old French senne ‘assembly, gathering’, or from the word in northern Middle French which referred to a fine imposed on someone who worked on a Sunday and hence possibly to someone who had incurred such a fine.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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