When May Mable Corry was born on 26 October 1876, in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States, her father, John Corry, was 27 and her mother, Susan L Myers, was 32. She married William B. Wiley on 7 June 1904, in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Scott, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Davenport Township, Scott, Iowa, United States in 1900. She died on 11 October 1963, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States.
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The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
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.
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Irish (Clare): shortened Anglicized form of Ó Corra or Ó Corraidh, see Corr . Alternatively, a shortened and altered form of McCorry .
Scottish: variant of Corrie .
Americanized form of Arabic Khoury or Khouri ‘priest’. Compare Cory .
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