Brief Life History of Esther
When Esther Cleveland was born on 6 November 1896, in Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States, her father, William Edgar Cleveland, was 23 and her mother, Matilda Petterson, was 25. She married Clarence Richmond on 5 November 1921, in Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Aurora, Kane, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 1 March 1949, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Maine Township, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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- Esther Cleveland in household of W C Cleveland W, "United States Census, 1900"
- Esther Cleveland, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
- Esther Cleveland, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968"
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1897 · The Union Loop Elevated
The Loop was born in political scandal that combined the three elevated railways around Chicago and combined them into one. The scandal was to raise the fares for commuters so state legislators could receive more money while in office.
1898 · War with the Spanish
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.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places in Devon, Essex, or the North Yorkshire, formed from the genitive plural (clifa) of Old English clif ‘bank, slope’ + land ‘land’.
Americanized form (and a rare Norwegian variant) of Norwegian Kleveland or its variant Kleiveland, and also of Kleven or its variant Kleiven.
History: Grover Cleveland (1837–1908), 22nd and 24th president of the US, was the fifth child of a country Presbyterian clergyman. His father, Richard Falley Cleveland, a graduate of Yale College and of the theological seminary at Princeton, was descended from Moses Cleaveland who arrived in MA in 1635.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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