When Marie A Toppen was born on 8 April 1870, in Gale, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Andrus Jens Johnson Toppen, was 33 and her mother, Ingeborg Nelson, was 35. She married Hans Ludwig Larsen Semb on 9 October 1893, in Gale, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 18 July 1938, at the age of 68, and was buried in Galesville, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States.
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
A fire erupted on January 10, 1883, at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee. The fire began at 4:00 am in an elevator shaft and raced up through the building. The fire spread so quickly that many could not escape. General and Mrs. Tom Thumb, stars of P.T. Barnum's circus, were guests in the hotel at the time of the fire. A firefighter reached them by ladder and they were able to escape safely. The exact number of deaths remains unknown as the hotel register was destroyed in the fire, however, the death toll is estimated between 75-90.
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Dutch: variant of Tobben, a patronymic from Tobe 1.
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