Brief Life History of Adele Augusta
When Adele Augusta Ayer was born on 2 July 1867, in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, United States, her father, George Manney Ayer, was 27 and her mother, Amy Gridley Butler, was 18. She married Levi Addison Gardner on 21 October 1884, in Harvard, McHenry, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Harvard, McHenry, Illinois, United States in 1880 and McHenry, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 10 August 1938, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Harvard, McHenry, Illinois, United States.
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- Adellia Ayer in household of George Ayer, "United States Census, 1870"
- Adele Ayer Gardner, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Adele A. Ayer, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
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1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from Middle English eir, eyr ‘heir’ (Anglo-Norman French heyr, Old French (h)eir, Latin heres). Forms such as Richard le Heyer were frequent in Middle English, denoting a man who was well known to be the heir to the main property in a particular locality, either one who had already inherited or one with great expectations.
English: from the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Aier (ancient Germanic Agihari).
English: variant of Hair .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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