Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Bouk was born on 30 March 1851, in Niagara Falls, Lincoln, Upper Canada, British North America, her father, Jacob Bouk, was 36 and her mother, Lydia Swayze, was 28. She married Jacob Minnick on 4 July 1871, in Ford, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Cook, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Gilmore Township, Benzie, Michigan, United States in 1920. She died on 19 March 1936, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Willow Springs, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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- Mary Minnich in household of Jacob Minnich, "United States Census, 1880"
- Mary Minnick, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Mary Bouk, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1855 · Lager Beer Riot
The Lager Beer Riot came at a time in Chicago's history where large waves of Irish and German immigrants moved to the city. The Riot was started because the Mayor of the city renewed enforcement of an old liquor ordinance mandating that taverns be closed on Sundays and to raise the cost of a license to sell liquor from $50 to $300 each year. This didn't sit well with the German immigrants because they felt like it was directed towards them and their heritage. There was only one death throughout the time of the riot, though protesters claimed that it was more.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Dutch, possibly of Flemish origin:
variant of Boeck , or a short form of Bouckaert, a patronymic from a personal name derived from Burkhart .
habitational name for someone living near a beuk ‘beech tree’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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