Brief Life History of Laura Belle
When Laura Belle Reed was born on 10 April 1870, in Ferris, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Lucius C. Reed, was 30 and her mother, Rhoda A. Hendricks, was 24. She married Harrison Breeden on 21 December 1887, in Clark, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in Lincoln Township, Clark, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Clay Township, Clark, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. She died on 21 November 1926, in Gregory Landing, Clark, Missouri, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Gregory Landing, Clark, Missouri, United States.
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- Laura B Breeden in household of Harrison B Breeden, "United States Census, 1920"
- Laura Reed Breeden, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
- Miss Laura Bell Reed in entry for Mr Harrson Breeden, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
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.
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.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English and Older Scots red(e) ‘red’, no doubt denoting someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion.
English: from Middle English ride, rede, rude (Old English rīed, rēod, rȳd) ‘clearing’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived in or near a clearing, or habitational, for someone who lived at one of a number of places so named, including Rede Court in Strood (Kent), Rides in Eastchurch (Kent), Ride Way in Ewhurst (Surrey), and Reed Farm in Wadhurst (Sussex). The word is particularly common in the southeastern counties of England, from Kent to the Isle of Wight. See also Rider and Reader .
English: habitational name from Read (Lancashire), Reed (Hertfordshire), or Rede (Suffolk). The Lancashire placename derives from Old English rǣge ‘roe, female roe deer’ + hēafod ‘head’. The Hertfordshire placename derives from Old English rȳhth ‘rough piece of ground’. The etymology of the Suffolk placename is uncertain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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