Brief Life History of Urban Ely
When Urban Ely Arbegast was born on 24 March 1878, in Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States, his father, Albert Arbegast, was 27 and his mother, Elma Jane Ely, was 25. He married Iva Edith Shontz on 25 April 1899, in Logan, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Zanesfield, Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Marion, Marion, Ohio, United States in 1940.
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- Urben Arbegast in household of Albert Arbegast, "United States Census, 1880"
- Wiban Arbrgast, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Urban Arbegast, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
Name Meaning
South German and Alsatian: from an ancient Germanic personal name composed of arbi ‘inheritance’ + gast ‘guest, foreigner’, earlier ‘foreign warrior’. Saint Arbogast was a 7th-century bishop of Strasbourg, and is the patron saint of Alsace. Compare Armagost .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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