When Anna Belle Hicks was born in September 1857, in Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa, United States, her father, Reuben Hicks Sr, was 38 and her mother, Edith Beaman, was 40. She married John Thomas Hoffman on 5 April 1875, in Monona, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Center Township, Monona, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Mapleton, Monona, Iowa, United States for about 25 years. She died on 16 March 1919, in Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
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.
English: variant of Hick , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This is a widespread surname in England, and is also common in southwest and southern Wales.
German: patronymic from Hick . Compare Hix .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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