When Elmer Wayland Tiffany was born on 17 May 1873, in Chester Township, Geauga, Ohio, United States, his father, Burritt E. Tiffany, was 26 and his mother, Josephine Covert, was 23. He married Hattie Belle Requa on 22 June 1910, in Bourbon, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in North Kingsville, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States in 1930 and East Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1940. He died on 11 May 1958, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in East Cleveland Township Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.
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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.
The Euclid Avenue Opera House was the most popular theater in Cleveland at the time. It was home to a 1,638-seat auditorium and was constantly filled. In 1922 the building was demolished to make room for a Kresge store. The original chandelier hangs in the shop that now occupies the site.
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
English (Yorkshire): from the Middle English female personal name Tiffan(ia), Teffan(ia) (Old French Tiphaine, from Late Latin, Greek Theophania, which is based on words meaning ‘manifestation of God’, another name for the Epiphany or ‘showing’ of Christ; see Epifanio ). This name was often given to girls born on or around the Christian feast of Epiphany.
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