When Laura Hortense Spier was born on 22 April 1851, in Brussels, Brabant, Belgium, her father, Seligmann Spier, was 38 and her mother, Henrietta Frank, was 31. She married Alphons Hirsch on 18 March 1873, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States in 1900 and Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States in 1910. She died on 14 September 1932, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: German Erhardt, Gerd, Ewald, Ilse, Kurt, Monika, Otto.
English and Scottish: occupational name from Middle English spier(e) ‘spy, watchman, scout’ (Old French espierre, espieur).
English: variant of Spear .
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