Brief Life History of Fanny G.
When Fanny G. Couch was born on 18 July 1879, in Wabash, Illinois, United States, her father, Simeon Carlyle Couch, was 23 and her mother, Sarah Jane Fox, was 21. She married Charles Edward Smith on 28 September 1897, in Mount Carmel Precinct, Wabash, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Wabash Precinct, Wabash, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 6 June 1906, in Allendale, Wabash, Illinois, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Allendale, Wabash, Illinois, United States.
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- Fannie G Smith in household of Charles E Smith, "United States Census, 1900"
- Fannie G Couch, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Fannie G. Couch Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1885 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Cornwall and Devon): nickname from Middle English couch(e) ‘hump, hunch’, used for a hunchback. In Cornwall and Devon it is usually pronounced as Cooch.
English (Cornwall and Devon): variant of Gooch .
English (Cornwall and Devon): from Middle English coche, couche ‘bed, couch, tablecloth’ (Old French couche, culche). It could have been a metonymic occupational name for someone who made such items or a nickname for a lazy individual. Alternatively, it could have been applied to someone who produced couchwork, a luxurious embroidery in which gold or silver thread and jewels were sewn into satin or silk robes.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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