Brief Life History of Elisa Sophia
When Elisa Sophia Taake was born in 1860, in Clayton, Iowa, United States, her father, Heinrich Wilhelm Taake, was 31 and her mother, Margaretta Wilhelmine Stratemeyer, was 27. She married Theodore Glawe on 15 March 1883, in Clayton Center, Clayton, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Read Township, Clayton, Iowa, United States for about 10 years and Farmersburg, Clayton, Iowa, United States for about 20 years. She died in 1946, in Iowa, United States, at the age of 86.
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- Eliza Taake in household of Wm Taake, "United States Census, 1870"
- Sophia E. Taake, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Louise Taake in entry for John Wilker and Emilia Glawe, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · The Burtis Opera House
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.
1884 · There is now a Capital Building
The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Otto.
North German: from a pet form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with theod ‘people, race’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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