Brief Life History of Minnie Laurie
When Minnie Laurie Peck was born on 6 November 1867, in Camden, Schuyler, Illinois, United States, her father, Eugene LaGrange Peck, was 36 and her mother, Sarah Amney Easton, was 25. She married Edmund Downey Nelson on 8 February 1905, in Brown, Illinois, United States. She lived in Lee Township, Brown, Illinois, United States in 1920. She died on 19 November 1931, in Timewell, Brown, Illinois, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Pea Ridge Township, Brown, Illinois, United States.
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- Minnie L. Peck, "United States Census, 1880"
- Minnie L. Nelson, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Minnie L Peck, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Speake , with loss of initial S- (or perhaps vice versa).
English: variant of Peak .
English: perhaps occasionally a variant of Petch , itself a variant of Peach .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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