When Vera Lotus Alter was born on 8 September 1909, in Persia, Harrison, Iowa, United States, her father, William Hancock Alter, was 29 and her mother, Nellie Margaret Knight, was 28. She married Floyd Allen Shadden on 3 April 1926, in Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Missouri Valley, Harrison, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Cass Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States for about 5 years. She died in November 1992, in Logan, Harrison, Iowa, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Valley View Cemetery, Persia, Harrison, Iowa, United States.
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Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
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.
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Aron, Avrohom, Meyer, Rivkah, Alter, Chiam, Haim, Hyman, Uri, Yisroel, Yol.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): distinguishing epithet for the older of two bearers of the same personal name.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Alter, an inflected form of alt ‘old’. This was in part an omen or well-wishing name, expressing the parents’ hope that the child would live a long life; in part a protective name, given to a child born after the death of a sibling, but also said to have sometimes been assumed by someone who was seriously ill. The purpose is supposed to have been to confuse the Angel of Death into thinking that the person was old and so not worth claiming as a victim.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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