Brief Life History of Sarah Elizabeth
When Sarah Elizabeth Hoy was born on 23 December 1867, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, William Francis Hoy, was 23 and her mother, Sarah Ann Larish, was 22. She married Jacob Eisenhart Schankweiler on 24 December 1885, in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Tremont, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. She died on 7 June 1944, in Northumberland, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Orwigsburg, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (13)
- Lizzie Hoy in household of William Hoy, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Elizabeth Hoy - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Lizzie Hoy
- Elizabeth S. Hoy, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
Spouse and Children
1867–1918 Male
1867–1944 Female
Children (13)
1886–1952 Male
1888–1919 Male
1889–1967 Male
1892–1892 Female
1895–1953 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1844–1924 Male
1845–1921 Female
Siblings (11)
1867–1944 Female
1869–1902 Male
1871–1955 Male
1873– Male
1875–1949 Female
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1868 · Impeach the President!
Age 1
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Age 10
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 23
Name Meaning
English (Essex): nickname for a sailor, from Middle Dutch hoey ‘cargo ship’.
Irish: variant of Hoey .
Danish (Høy): nickname for a tall person, from høj ‘high’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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