Brief Life History of Charles Edward
When Charles Edward Wry was born on 29 June 1872, in Wyoming, United States, his father, William Harsell Wry, was 37 and his mother, Martha Grace Hicks, was 21. He married Ada Estella Jones on 23 September 1896, in Forest City, Winnebago, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States in 1915 and Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1920. In 1910, at the age of 38, his occupation is listed as retail merchant: clothing, etc. (self-employed) in Forest City, Winnebago, Iowa, United States. He died on 19 July 1934, in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Forest City, Winnebago, Iowa, United States.
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- Charles E Wry, "Iowa State Census, 1915"
- Charles E. Wry, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Charles Edward Wry, "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1881
Historical Boundaries: 1881: Winnebago, Iowa, United States
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.
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English: variant of Dray .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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