When Phoebe Lois Gage was born on 11 February 1873, in Iowa, United States, her father, James Davis Gage, was 41 and her mother, Cornelia Moore Bates, was 39. She married Frederick A. Griffing on 2 May 1894. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Union Township, Jackson, Iowa, United States in 1885 and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 20 years. She died on 10 February 1941, in Elmhurst, DuPage, Illinois, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Elmhurst, DuPage, Illinois, United States.
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In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
The Masonic Temple Building was a skyscraper built in Chicago and from 1895 to 1920 it was the tallest building in Chicago. The building featured a central court surrounded by shops on nine floors. On top of the shops there were meeting rooms that were also used as theaters. In 1939 the Masonic Temple was demolished, and a Walgreens drug store was erected in its place.
English: perhaps from Middle English gage, gauge ‘fixed measure’ (Old French gauge), probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for an assayer, an official who was in charge of checking weights and measures.
English and French: from Middle English, Old French gage ‘pledge, surety’ (against which money was lent), and therefore a metonymic occupational name for a moneylender or usurer.
English: variant of Geach, an unexplained name common in Cornwall.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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