Sophia Amanda Dale

1858 - 1930  (71 years)

• Name	Sophia Amanda Dale
  Born	21 Jul 1858	Pleasant Hill, McLean, Illinois, United States
  Gender	Female
  Died	13 May 1930	Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States
  Person ID	I1167579579	Master Tree
  Last Modified	3 May 2006

  
  

  Family	Rev. James Theodore Houston,   b. 24 Jan 1847, Olivesburg, Richland, Ohio, United States ,   d. 21 Jun 1929, James St., Oakland, Alameda, California, United States  (Age 82 years)
  Married	26 Apr 1883	Sao Paolo, Brazil
  Children	+ 1. Norma Christine Houston,   b. 14 Aug 1897, Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States ,   d. 2 Apr 1998, Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, United States  (Age 94 years)
  Family ID	F1068897715	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 21 Jul 1858 - Pleasant Hill, McLean, Illinois, United States Married - 26 Apr 1883 - Sao Paolo, Brazil Died - 13 May 1930 - Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Sophia was only 13 when her parents died of pneumonia, within 3 days of each other. Also dying was her older sister, Lidia Emma. Sophia went to live with her oldest sister, Martha, who had married the Rev. Robert Lenington and gone to Brazil as Presbyterian missionaries. They were pioneers to Brazil in 1868. This determined Sophia to become a missionary, also. She returned to the U. S. to work her way through college, graduating from the Univ. of Illinois with her teaching credentials. Heeding the call of the church, and eager to rejoin her sister, Sophia was assigned to teach in the girls' school (later McKenzie University), in Sao Paolo, Brazil, where she met and married the Reverend James Theodore Houston.