Mary Louise Weiss

Brief Life History of Mary Louise

When Mary Louise Weiss was born on 21 July 1879, in Covington, Linn, Iowa, United States, her father, Mathias Weiss, was 51 and her mother, Anna Maria Haessig, was 38. She married William Morgan Glass on 13 October 1897, in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Benton, Benton, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Polk Township, Benton, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died on 26 November 1965, in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Urbana Memorial Cemetery, Urbana, Benton, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Morgan Glass
1874–1944
Mary Louise Weiss
1879–1965
Marriage: 13 October 1897
Elsie Mae Glass
1898–1987
Homer Dempster Glass
1902–1987
Esther Marie Glass
1904–2003
Marie Agnes Glass
1907–1992
Wilbert Morgan Glass
1910–1994

Sources (42)

  • Mary L Wise in household of Mathias Wise, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
  • Mary Weis, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Mary Louise Glass, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

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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.

1882

Historical Boundaries: 1882: Linn, Iowa, United States

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Erwin, Hans, Gerhard, Fritz, Manfred, Egon, Armin, Arno, Gunther, Heinz. Jewish Chaim, Moshe, Emanuel, Aron, Meyer, Mendel, Hyman, Isadore, Zvi, Shlomo.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with white hair or a remarkably pale complexion, from Middle High German wīz, German weiss ‘white’. This surname is also found in Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Croatia, often as a German translation of a corresponding Slavic surnames, e.g. Slovenian Belec and Bele (see Belle ). It is also found in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Denmark, and the Netherlands.

German: variant of Weis .

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

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