Brief Life History of Ida Belle
When Ida Belle Wier was born on 13 April 1869, in Saint Mary, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Solomon Wier, was 26 and her mother, Nancy Towles, was 22. She married Charles S. Shappell on 9 September 1891, in Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Lee, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Pleasant Township, Monroe, Iowa, United States in 1910. She died on 10 April 1919, in Pilot Grove Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Saint Mary, Hancock, Illinois, United States.
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- Ida Bell Weir in household of Solomon Weir, "United States Census, 1880"
- Ida B. Shappell, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Ida Weir, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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.
1884 · There is now a Capital Building
The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.
Name Meaning
German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Wigheri, composed of the elements wīg ‘battle’ + heri ‘army’.
Dutch and West Frisian (Van der Wier or Van de Wier): topographic name from Middle Dutch wier(de) ‘artificial dwelling mound’, used as a second element in several Frisian placenames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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