Brief Life History of Mary Ida Alice
When Mary Ida Alice Funk was born on 23 December 1869, in Crawford, Illinois, United States, her father, Gabriel McKenzie Funk Sr., was 44 and her mother, Elizabeth Jane Parker, was 36. She married Arthur Emmett Love on 24 December 1896, in Crawford, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Flat Rock, Crawford, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Honey Creek Township, Crawford, Illinois, United States in 1910. She died on 24 December 1916, in Crawford, Illinois, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Robinson New Cemetery, Robinson, Crawford, Illinois, United States.
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- Ida Love in household of Arthur E Love, "United States Census, 1910"
- Ida Frink, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Mary Ida Alice Funk Love, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
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.
Name Meaning
German: nickname for a blacksmith, or for a small and lively or irritable individual, from Middle High German vunke ‘spark’. This surname is also found Poland, Czechia, Sweden, Denmark, France (Alsace and Lorraine), and the Netherlands.
English: from Middle English funke, fonke, founck ‘spark of fire’, with the same meaning as 1 above.
History: Between 1709 and 1772 nine families bearing this name immigrated to America. See also Funck .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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