Brief Life History of Nellie Orpha
When Nellie Orpha Pool was born in October 1870, in Deep River, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States, her father, Francis Pool, was 32 and her mother, Fidelia F Steward, was 27. She married Charles Edward Ferneau on 28 March 1889, in Poweshiek, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Poweshiek, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Jackson Township, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States in 1900. She died on 2 March 1938, in New Sharon, Mahaska, Iowa, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States.
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- Nellie Ferneau in household of Charles E Ferneau, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Legacy NFS Source: Nellie Orpha Pool - Published information: Census record: birth: October 1870; Deep River, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States
- Nellia Pool, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
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1872 · The First National Park
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.
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.
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: variant of Poole or Paul .
Jewish (from the Netherlands) and Dutch: ethnic name for someone from Poland.
Americanized form of German Puhl .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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