Brief Life History of Margaret Catherine
When Margaret Catherine Overcash was born on 10 April 1854, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States, her father, Alexander Overcash, was 27 and her mother, Margaret Elizabeth Rogers, was 24. She married Hamilton Francis Freeze on 4 December 1879, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in North Carolina, United States in 1870 and Fallstown Township, Iredell, North Carolina, United States in 1900. She died on 28 January 1934, in Atwell Township, Rowan, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Concordia Lutheran Church Cemetery, China Grove, Rowan, North Carolina, United States.
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- Margaret C Overcash in household of Alexander Overcash, "United States Census, 1870"
- Margaret Catharine Overcash, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Margaret C. Freeze, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
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World Events (8)
1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island
On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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
Americanized form of South German Oberkirch, a habitational name meaning ‘upper church’ from a place so named in Baden (or possibly from any of the places called Oberkirchen, in Westphalia and Saar district).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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