Brief Life History of Frederick Henry Ferdinand
When Frederick Henry Ferdinand Biermann (Fred) was born on 8 July 1881, in Wine Hill, Randolph, Illinois, United States, his father, Friedrich Ludwig Carl Biermann, was 25 and his mother, Sophia Dorothea Wilson, was 23. He married Emma Margaret Behnken on 4 May 1905, in Wine Hill, Randolph, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Steeleville, Randolph, Illinois, United States in 1930 and Wine Hill Precinct, Randolph, Illinois, United States in 1940. He died on 13 February 1957, in Chester, Randolph, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Wine Hill, Randolph, Illinois, United States.
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- Fred F Bierman, "United States 1950 Census"
- Frederick Henry Ferdinand Bierman, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
- Ferd F. Biermann, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1885 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
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
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Achim, Franz, Hans, Manfred, Otto.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a brewer or tavern owner or a nickname for a drinker; a variant of Bier .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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