Brief Life History of Louisa Willimina
When Louisa Willimina Weber was born on 27 March 1886, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Johann August Weber, was 26 and her mother, Caroline Johanna Basch, was 20. She married Hiram Oliver McKee on 5 December 1906, in Harrison, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Union Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States in 1910 and Mirabile, Caldwell, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. She died on 21 August 1932, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Kingston, Caldwell, Missouri, United States.
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- Louisa Mckee in household of Hiram B Mckee, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Louisa Willimina Weber - Government record: Census record: birth: 27 March 1886; Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
- Louisa W Webber, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a weaver, Middle High German wëber, German Weber, an agent derivative of weben ‘to weave’. This form of the surname is also established in many other parts of Europe, notably in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Poland, and the Netherlands. In Hungary it is mostly spelled Wéber and Véber. In Russia, Slovenia, Czechia, Slovakia, and Croatia it is (also) established in the Slavicized form Veber , which is in Czechia also spelled Vebr. Compare Waber , Weaber , Weaver , Webber , and Webre .
History: As a name of ultimately Swiss German origin the surname Weber is also established among the American Mennonites. However, descendants of the early Mennonite settlers, who came to PA in the early 18th century, mostly bear the Americanized form of the name (see Weaver ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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