Brief Life History of Leopold
When Leopold Godowsky was born on 13 February 1870, in Vilna, Russian Empire, his father, Mathew Godowsky, was 22 and his mother, Khana-Sheyna "Anna" Levin, was 23. He married Fredericka Saxe on 30 April 1891, in New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1935 and lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1920 and Europe in 1938. He died on 21 November 1938, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Hastings-on-Hudson, Greenburgh, Westchester, New York, United States.
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- Leopold Godowsky, "New Jersey State Census, 1915"
- Legacy NFS Source: Leopold Godowsky - Published information: birth-name: Leopold Godowsky
- Leopold Godowsky, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
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1872 · The First National Park
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.
1872 · Montgomery Ward Inc.
Montgomery Ward was founded by Aaron Montgomery Ward after he observed that rural customers often wanted goods from the city but couldn’t get them because of distance and cost. Ward believed that he could cut costs and make a wide variety of goods available to rural customers. Ward and two partners used $1,600 to issue the first catalog in August 1872 and with its publication, rural retailers considered Ward a threat and publicly burned his catalog. Despite the opposition, however, the business grew at a fast pace over the next several decades and was almost as successful as Sears. In April 1944, U.S. Army troops seized the Chicago offices of Montgomery Ward & Company after President Roosevelt ordered it because of an unsettled strike request made by the workers. Eight months later, with Montgomery Ward continuing to refuse to recognize the unions, President Roosevelt issued an executive order seizing all of Montgomery Ward's property nationwide.
1888 · Washington Monument Completed
The Washington Monument designed by Robert Mills, was completed and opens to the public on October 9, 1888.
Name Meaning
From an Old French name of Germanic (Frankish) origin, from liut ‘people’ + bold ‘bold, brave’. The first element was altered by association with Latin leo ‘lion’. A name of this origin may have been introduced into Britain by the Normans, but if so it did not survive long. It was reintroduced to Britain from the Continent towards the end of the 19th‐century in honour of Leopold , King of the Belgians ( 1790–1865 ) and uncle of Queen Victoria , to whom he was an influential adviser in her youth: she named one of her sons after him.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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