Brief Life History of Martha Alice
When Martha Alice Sandel was born on 20 March 1855, in Montour, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Nathan Sandel, was 42 and her mother, Elizabeth Koble, was 19. She married George Gething on 24 September 1874, in Danville, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in West Hemlock Township, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860. She died on 4 February 1936, in Valley Township, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Danville, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Martha Gething in household of Charles Ploch, "United States Census, 1910"
- Martha Alicia Sandel Gething, "Find A Grave Index"
- Martha A Gething in household of Charles F Plock, "United States Census, 1930"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Aron, Simche, Ari, Dovid, Hyman, Isadore, Meyer, Pinchus, Sholem, Zalman.
German: habitational name from a place near Jever called Sandel.
German: from a shortened form of the personal name Alexander .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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