Brief Life History of Mary Agnus
When Mary Agnus Bear was born on 28 July 1854, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, David Bear, was 42 and her mother, Sarah Wagoner, was 36. She married David Franklin Grove in 1873. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Frankford Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 18 September 1927, in Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Shippensburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Mary A Grove in household of David F Grove, "United States Census, 1900"
- Mary Agnes Bear Grove, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary Grover in entry for Elizabeth Grover, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915"
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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.
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: variant of Beer 1.
English: from the Middle English nickname Bere meaning ‘bear’ (Old English bera, which is also found as a byname), or from a personal name derived from a short form of the various ancient Germanic compound names with this as the first element (compare e.g. Bernhard ). The bear has generally been regarded with a mixture of fear and amusement because of its strength and unpredictable temper on the one hand and its clumsy gait on the other, and in the medieval period it was also thought to typify the sins of sloth and gluttony. All these characteristics are no doubt reflected in the nickname. Throughout the Middle Ages the bear was a familiar figure in popular entertainments such as bear baiting and dancing bears. Compare Beer 2.
Native American: translation into English (and shortening) of a personal name based on a word, such as Lakota and Dakota Sioux mato and Meskwaki (Fox) makwa, meaning ‘bear’. The great cultural significance of the bear to Native Americans is reflected in their traditional personal names, many of which were adopted as surnames (translated into English), e.g. Black Bear (see Blackbear ), Little Bear (see Littlebear ), Standing Bear (see Standingbear ), and Young Bear (see Youngbear ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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