Brief Life History of Mahala
When Mahala Geer was born on 12 October 1836, in West View, Olmsted Falls, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, her father, Calvin Hoadley Geer, was 27 and her mother, Mary Jane Cooper, was 19. She married Calvin Van Arsdale on 16 April 1875, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. She lived in Columbia Township, Lorain, Ohio, United States for about 20 years and Ohio, United States in 1923. She died on 8 December 1923, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Columbia Center, Lorain, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Mahala Geer in household of Calvin Geer, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mahilla Geer, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Mahala Vanarsdale, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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World Events (7)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (Kent and Sussex): variant of Gear .
German: from a personal name derived from gēr, gār ‘spear’ (see Gerhardt ).
Dutch (Van der Geer and Van de Geer): topographic name from geer ‘triangular piece of land’. Compare Degeer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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