Katheryn Ringler

Brief Life History of Katheryn

When Katheryn Ringler was born on 4 September 1878, in Strawn, Livingston, Illinois, United States, her father, Heinrich Fiedrich Ringler, was 34 and her mother, Catherine Fuchs, was 31. She married John Walter Guest on 27 September 1905, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. She lived in Fayette Township, Livingston, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 30 years. She died on 5 January 1954, in Gibson City, Ford, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Elmhurst, DuPage, Illinois, United States.

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John Walter Guest
1876–1954
Katheryn Ringler
1878–1954
Marriage: 27 September 1905

Sources (7)

  • Katherine R Guest, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Katheryn Ringler - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Katheryn Ringler
  • Katheryn Ringler, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"

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World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1885 · The World's First Skyscraper

The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

German: occupational name for a maker of bone, horn, or ivory rings, from an agent derivative of Middle High German ringelen ‘to provide with rings’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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