Brief Life History of Theresa Magdalene
When Theresa Magdalene Meyer was born on 4 November 1888, in Avon, Stearns, Minnesota, United States, her father, Sebastian Meyer, was 29 and her mother, Maria Magdalena Groetsch, was 22. She married George Edward Klein on 6 April 1910, in Stearns, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Collegeville Township, Stearns, Minnesota, United States for about 20 years and United States in 1949. She died on 16 November 1968, in St. Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 80.
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- Theresia F Klein, "United States 1950 Census"
- Theresia Meyer, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
- Threde Meyer, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
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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.
1893 · The Minnesota State Flag
The Flag of Minnesota was adopted on August 2 and consists of scenes from the seal of Minnesota. The flag has been modified over the years to be easier to manufacture.
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
German and Swiss German: from Middle High German meier, a status name for a steward, bailiff, or overseer, which later came to be used also to denote a tenant farmer, which is normally the sense in the many compound surnames formed with this term as a second element. Originally it denoted a village headman (ultimately from Latin maior ‘greater, superior’). This form of the surname is also established in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine); see also 3 below. Compare Maier , Mayer , Meier , and Myer .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Meyer, from Hebrew Meir ‘enlightener’, a derivative of or ‘light’ with the prefix m-. Compare Maier , Majer , Major , Mayer , Mayor , Meier , and Meir .
Dutch: variant, also Flemish and Americanized, of Meijer , a cognate of 1 above. This surname is also established in South Africa, where it was also brought from France (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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