Brief Life History of Richard Ezra
When Richard Ezra Rosecrantz was born on 23 October 1873, in Calhoun, Michigan, United States, his father, Ransom William Rosecrantz, was 26 and his mother, Malinda Dickinson, was 22. He married Elizabeth Classine Bergholtz on 19 December 1901, in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States. He lived in Moline Township, Rock Island, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States in 1940. He died on 15 November 1943, in Roxand Township, Eaton, Michigan, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Marshall, Calhoun, Michigan, United States.
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- Richard Rosecrantz in household of Albert Bergholt, "United States Census, 1900"
- Richard E Rosencrantz, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Richard Ezra Rosecrantz, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
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.
1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
1892 · The Chicago Canal
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
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Variant of Rosenkranz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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