Brief Life History of Martha Ann
When Martha Ann Baum was born on 19 February 1853, in Fremont, Fremont Township, Steuben, Indiana, United States, her father, Michael Baum, was 34 and her mother, Mary Ann Michael, was 26. She married Eugene P Howe on 10 June 1882, in Fremont, Fremont Township, Steuben, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Ligonier, Perry Township, Noble, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died in March 1942, in South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Ligonier, Perry Township, Noble, Indiana, United States.
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- Mattie A Howe in household of Edward P Howe, "United States Census, 1900"
- Baum im Eintrag für Bert Clark und Lela Mary Howe, „Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940“
- Martha A Baum in entry for Lee J Howe and Laura N Brown, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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World Events (8)
1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
German: topographic name for someone who lived by a tree that was particularly noticeable in some way, from Middle High German, Old High German boum ‘tree’, or else a nickname for a particularly tall person.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Baum ‘tree’, or a short form of any of the many artificial surnames containing this word as the final element, for example Feigenbaum ‘fig tree’ (see Feige ) and Mandelbaum ‘almond tree’ (see Mandel ).
English (Leicestershire): variant of Balme, a habitational name from Balne in Yorkshire, so named with Middle English balne ‘bath, bathing place’ (from Latin balneum ‘bathing place’). There is no early evidence suggesting possible derivation from Middle English balme, baume ‘balm, balsam’, though this word has probably influenced the name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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