Brief Life History of Charles Jacob
When Charles Jacob Moellering was born on 12 September 1869, in La Salle, LaSalle, Illinois, United States, his father, Heinrich Frederick Wilhelm Moellering, was 32 and his mother, Dorothea Kunegunda Jacobs, was 20. He married Bertha Zeaske on 16 February 1895, in LaSalle, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Peru, LaSalle, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died on 1 December 1895, in LaSalle, Illinois, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Peru City Cemetery, Peru, LaSalle, Illinois, United States.
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- Chas J Moellering in household of W H Moellering, "United States Census, 1870"
- Charles Moellering, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Charles J. Moellering, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Heinz, Otto.
German (Westphalia; Möllering): patronymic from Moeller .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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