When Caroline Perschnick was born on 11 May 1857, in Lindchen, Calau, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany, her father, Johann Gottlieb Perschnick, was 48 and her mother, Marie Bummel, was 43. She married Phillip Kraft on 12 December 1875, in Dwight, Livingston, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 10 daughters. She lived in Saunemin, Livingston, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Hersey Township, Nobles, Minnesota, United States for about 20 years. She died on 27 February 1929, in Nobles, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 71.
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War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.
Historical Boundaries: 1869: Livingston, Illinois, United States
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.
From the French form of Latin or Italian Carolina , a feminine derivative of Carolus ( see Charles ). This name was used by certain gentry families from the 17th century onwards, no doubt in honour of the Stuart kings named Charles. It was famously borne by Lady Caroline Lamb ( 1785–1828 ), mistress of the poet Lord Byron .
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