When Wilson Haney Regner was born in 1872, in Illinois, United States, his father, John Regner, was 52 and his mother, Nancy Ellen Haynie, was 28. He married Mary Jane Brooks on 22 April 1896, in Jasper, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Washington Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States in 1910. He died on 5 April 1941, in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States.
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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.
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.
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
Some characteristic forenames: German Alois, Kurt, Erwin, Franz, Otto.
South German (Bavaria): habitational name for someone from Regen (a place on the Regen river, for which it is named).
German: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements ragin ‘counsel’ + hari, heri ‘army’. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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