Brief Life History of Alice Francis
When Alice Francis Sones was born on 11 September 1855, in Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Peter Frederick Sones, was 42 and her mother, Sarah Sevilla Low, was 40. She married Jonathan Harvey Gordner on 12 September 1875. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Franklin Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years and Montoursville, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. She died in 1936, at the age of 81, and was buried in Unityville, Jordan Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Frances E Sowns in household of Peter Sowns, "United States Census, 1870"
- Francis A Gardner in household of Jonathan A Gardner, "United States Census, 1930"
- Francis Gardner in household of J H Gardner, "United States Census, 1920"
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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
English (Suffolk):
perhaps an altered form of Soames; see Somes .
variant of Soane, with post-medieval excrescent -s (see Son ). The -o- in Middle English and early modern English son(e) is a conventional spelling of /u/ before an n. This /u/ became /ʌ/ in Standard English, hence the current pronunciation of Son. If /u/ was lengthened it became /o:/ in Middle English, and then /u:/ in modern English, hence the occasional spelling Soon. In some speakers' dialects, however, it seems that Middle English /u/ may have been lowered to /ɔ/ and lengthened to /ɔ:/, becoming modern English /əu/ represented in the spelling Soane. At any rate, Soon and Soane (also Sone) appear together in the same counties and are presumably alternative pronunciations of the same name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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