Brief Life History of Bertha
Bertha Evans was born on 2 January 1881, in Illinois, United States. She married William Henry Nelson about 1901. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Rogers, Oklahoma, United States in 1910. She died on 3 April 1923, in Webb City, Jasper, Missouri, United States, at the age of 42.
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- Bertha Nelson in household of William H Nelson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Evans in entry for Macy Mesplay, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Bertha Nelson in household of William H Nelson, "United States Census, 1910"
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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.
1893 · The World's Columbian Exposition
Also known as the Chicago World's Fair, The Exposition was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World. The centerpiece of the Fair was a large water pool that represented Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas. The Fair had a profound effect on new architecture designs, sanitation advancement, and the arts. The Fairgrounds were given the nickname the White City due to its lavish paint and materials used to constuct it. Over 27 million people attended the fair during its six-month of operation. Among many of the invetions exhibited there was the first Ferris wheel built to rival the Eiffel Tower in France.
Name Meaning
Welsh: derivative of Evan , from Efan, Ifan, medieval forms of Ieuan (from Latin Johannes, the source of English John), dating from c. 1500, with the post-medieval patronymic suffix -s. Welsh Sion was a separate borrowing of English John, and Evan (Ieuan) and Sion developed as independent names.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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