Brief Life History of Edna
When Edna Sneeden was born on 10 January 1881, in Detroit, Pike, Illinois, United States, her father, Lewis Henry Sneeden, was 35 and her mother, Susan Maria Shuler, was 27. She married Emmett Arland, Edward W Rhodes on 27 December 1905, in Pike, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 20 April 1916, in Hannibal, Marion, Missouri, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Detroit, Pike, Illinois, United States.
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- Edna Rhodes in household of Emet A Rhodes, "United States Census, 1910"
- Sneeden, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
- Edna Sneeden, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
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.
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.
1892 · The Chicago Canal
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
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Scottish: variant of Sneddon .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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