Brief Life History of Dora
When Dora Moellering was born on 9 February 1882, in Dimmick Township, LaSalle, Illinois, United States, her father, Heinrich Frederick Wilhelm Moellering, was 44 and her mother, Dorothea Kunegunda Jacobs, was 33. She married Heinrich Martin Siebert on 27 November 1899, in Peru, LaSalle, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 27 February 1953, in Peru, LaSalle, Illinois, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Peru, LaSalle, Illinois, United States.
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- Dora Seibert in household of Henry Seibert, "United States Census, 1910"
- Dora Moellering, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
- Dora Moellering, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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World Events (8)
1885 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
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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