Brief Life History of Helena
Helena Thiel was born on 11 July 1861, in Germany. She married Franz G Ladewig in September 1887. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1920.
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Sources (15)
- Helen Ladewig, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Helena Thiel - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Helena Thiel
- Helena Thiel in entry for Emma Helene Gruner, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864
War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.
1892 · The Masonic Temple Building
The Masonic Temple Building was a skyscraper built in Chicago and from 1895 to 1920 it was the tallest building in Chicago. The building featured a central court surrounded by shops on nine floors. On top of the shops there were meeting rooms that were also used as theaters. In 1939 the Masonic Temple was demolished, and a Walgreens drug store was erected in its place.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Hans, Erwin, Egon, Franz, Reinhard, Wolfgang, Angelika, Arno, Bernhard.
North German, Dutch, and Flemish: from a shortened form of the personal name Thietilo, an early medieval pet form of Dietrich (German), Diederik (Dutch), or from some other compound name with the same first element.
Germanized form of Sorbian, Polish, and Czech Tyl , a name which is (at least in part) of the same German origin as 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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