Brief Life History of James Henry
When James Henry Drew was born on 15 August 1862, in Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States, his father, Joseph Henry Drew, was 24 and his mother, Maria Adelia Johnston, was 21. He married Maria Irene Overson on 2 July 1888, in Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota, United States for about 5 years and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. In 1936, his occupation is listed as railroad engineer . He died on 24 September 1949, in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- James H Drew, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
- James Henry Drew, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- James H Drew, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
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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.
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.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from a Norman French personal name Dreus based on ancient Germanic Drogo, the name of one of the sons of Charlemagne (compare Gothic driugan ‘to serve as a soldier’). In Old French this name became Dreus, Drues (nominative) and Dru, Driu, Dreu (accusative) and was introduced to England by the Normans. For further information about this name, see also Montague .
English: from the personal name Drew, a pet form of Andrew which was confused with the same name of Old French origin (see 1 above).
Irish: when not an adoption of the English surname, a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Druaidh or Ó Druaidh or Ó Draoi ‘son’ and ‘descendant of the druid’, from draoi ‘druid’, genitive druadh or draoi. All of these were often Anglicized as Drury .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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