When Thomas Edward Magers was born on 23 June 1865, in Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa, United States, his father, Riley Majors, was 37 and his mother, Elizabeth Whitesides, was 38. He lived in Iowa, United States in 1870. He died on 19 October 1885, in Jamestown, Cloud, Kansas, United States, at the age of 20, and was buried in Jamestown Cemetery, Jamestown, Cloud, Kansas, United States.
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The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
German: patronymic from Mager .
English: variant of Majors . This form of the surname is very rare in Britain and Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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