Brief Life History of Ella Josephine
When Ella Josephine Knaack was born on 24 September 1892, in Algonquin, McHenry, Illinois, United States, her father, John Christian Knaack, was 27 and her mother, Augusta Dorthea Radke, was 21. She married Clyde B Starritt on 14 November 1912, in McHenry, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Nunda Township, McHenry, Illinois, United States for about 50 years. She died in January 1981, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Crystal Lake, McHenry, Illinois, United States.
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- Ella J Starritt, "United States 1950 Census"
- Ella Josephine Knaack, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
- Ella Y. Knaack, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
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World Events (8)
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.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Jurgen, Kurt.
North German: from Low German knaak ‘bone’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a butcher or possibly for a knacker, or a nickname for a bony, thin, or a crude person. Compare South German Knoch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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