Brief Life History of Augusta
When Augusta Reeder was born on 2 December 1844, in Melrose Township, Adams, Illinois, United States, her father, Daniel A. Reeder, was 52 and her mother, Frances S. Johnson, was 40. She married Amos Jacob Bancroft on 22 February 1866, in Adams, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Alameda, Alameda, California, United States in 1880 and Farmington, Whitman, Washington, United States in 1900. She died on 9 August 1918, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States.
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- Augusta Reiden in household of David Reiden, "United States Census, 1850"
- Augusta Reeder, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Augusta Reeder Bancroft, "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for someone who used reeds as a roofing material (a thatcher), a derivative of Middle English rede ‘reed’ + -er. Compare Reed and Redman .
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a clearing, a derivative of Middle English rede, ride, rude ‘clearing’ (see Reed ) + -er, synonymous and interchangeable with atte Rede, atte Rude ‘at the clearing’. This type of name, composed of a topographic term + -er, is common in Kent, Surrey and Sussex, and it is also found in Essex.
Dutch and German: variant of Reder 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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