Brief Life History of Esther Marie
When Esther Marie Glass was born on 24 July 1904, in Shellsburg, Benton, Iowa, United States, her father, William Morgan Glass, was 30 and her mother, Mary Louise Weiss, was 25. She married Morris Vern King on 24 February 1926, in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Benton, Iowa, United States in 1935 and Bruce Township, Benton, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died on 2 July 2003, in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, United States, at the age of 98, and was buried in Mount Auburn, Benton, Iowa, United States.
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- Esther King, "United States 1950 Census"
- Esther Marie Glass, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Esther Glass, "Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992"
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
English and German: metonymic occupational name for a glazier or glass blower, from Old English glæs ‘glass’, Middle High German glas. In English, the name may also derive from a nickname from Old French glas, clas ‘clash of arms, noise, tumult (of battle)’.
Irish (Ulster), Welsh, Cornish, and Scottish: from an Anglicized form of the epithet glas ‘slate colored, gray’, or any of various Gaelic surnames derived from it.
German: from an altered form of the personal name Klass, a shortened form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas ). This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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