When Martha Gertrude Audiss was born on 3 July 1881, her father, Alfred Henry Audiss, was 26 and her mother, Martha Rose Smith, was 27. She married Richard Thomas Spain on 19 December 1900, in Moundville, Marquette, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States in 1935 and Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, United States in 1940. She died on 14 December 1966, at the age of 85, and was buried in Miller, Hand, South Dakota, United States.
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A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
A fire erupted on January 10, 1883, at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee. The fire began at 4:00 am in an elevator shaft and raced up through the building. The fire spread so quickly that many could not escape. General and Mrs. Tom Thumb, stars of P.T. Barnum's circus, were guests in the hotel at the time of the fire. A firefighter reached them by ladder and they were able to escape safely. The exact number of deaths remains unknown as the hotel register was destroyed in the fire, however, the death toll is estimated between 75-90.
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
English: variant of Aldous .
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