Brief Life History of Emma
Emma Wesar Deutcher was born in 1883, in Wittenberg, Province of Saxony, Prussia. She married Franklin Richard Holzman on 17 November 1905, in Galveston, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 3, Kleberg, Texas, United States in 1920 and Justice Precinct 1, San Saba, Texas, United States in 1930. She died about 1934, in Texas, United States, at the age of 52.
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- Emmy Holzman in household of Frank R Holzman, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Emma Wesar - Government record: birth-name: Emmy
- Emma Weser, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Julio, Jose, Carlos, Aguilar, Claudio, Luis, Alberto, Armando, Arturo, Constancia, Estela, Fernando. French/Haitian Jean Claude, Monique, Serge, Alies, Andre, Colette, Collette, Georges, Luckner, Marcel, Marie Anne, Pierre. Portuguese Joao.
Spanish, Portuguese, French, and West Indian (mainly Haiti) (César): from the personal name César, itself from the famous Roman surname (see Caesar ). At least in the West Indies this can also be a nickname from French césar ‘emperor’.
Galician and Portuguese: habitational name from any of several places called Cesar, from various origins.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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