Brief Life History of Adah R.
When Adah R. Munger was born on 5 January 1870, in Newton Township, Buchanan, Iowa, United States, her father, John Valorous Munger, was 32 and her mother, Margaret Ann Wait, was 25. She had at least 1 daughter with Grant Blackman. She lived in Elk Creek Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States for about 10 years.
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- Adah R Munger in household of John V Munger, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Adah R. Munger - birth-name: Adah R. Munger
- Ada Munger in entry for Charles Wesley Jonker and Ada Rose Blackman, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1884 · There is now a Capital Building
The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
English (Buckinghamshire): variant of Monger .
Altered form of French and Channel Islands (Guernsey and Jersey) Mauger .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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