Alanson Leonard Church

Male9 July 1867–12 November 1906

Brief Life History of Alanson Leonard

Alanson Leonard Church was born on 9 July 1867, in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada. He had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with Marion Anna Johnston. He died on 12 November 1906, in Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Allouez, Brown, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alanson Leonard Church
1867–1906
Marion Anna Johnston
1874–1928
Mary Church
1901–
Adelaide Blanche Church
1902–1974
Myron Robert Church
1903–1931
Norman Phillip Church
1905–1971

Sources (5)

  • Alanson Church, "Wisconsin, State Census, 1905"
  • Alanson L Church, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Alonson Leonard Church in entry for Adel Blanche Church, "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926"

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World Events (8)

1868 · Impeach the President!

Age 1

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

1870 · P.T. Barnum's Circus Established in Wisconsin

Age 3

P.T. Barnum's Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan & Hippodrome was established in Delavan, Wisconsin in 1870.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 14

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.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name mostly found in southern and midland England, for someone who lived near a church, or possibly an occupational name for someone who worked at a church, such as a verger or sexton, from Middle English chirche ‘church’. The word comes from Old English cyrice, ultimately from medieval Greek kyrikon, for earlier kyriakōn (dōma) ‘(house) of the Lord’, from kyrios ‘lord’. Compare Kirk .

Americanized form (translation into English) of German Kirch .

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

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