When Charles Almon Townsend was born on 19 September 1881, in Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, United States, his father, James Almond Townsend, was 43 and his mother, America Susan Kain, was 40. He married Ida Marie " Edith" Gebhardt on 19 February 1903, in Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 27 January 1940, in Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, 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.
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.
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
English: topographic name for someone who lived at the extremity of a village, from Middle English toun(es)ende. Compare Town . There may have been some confusion with Townson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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