Brief Life History of Louisa Jane
When Louisa Jane Twidwell was born on 30 December 1876, in Wayne, Missouri, United States, her father, John Riley Twidwell, was 26 and her mother, Delenna Katherine Atnip, was 19. She married Andrew Benjamin Ben Montgomery on 31 October 1897, in Wayne, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. She lived in St. Francois, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died on 30 March 1913, in Logan Township, Wayne, Missouri, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Wayne, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Louisa Montgomery in household of Benjamin Montgomery, "United States Census, 1900"
- Louisa Jane Twidwell Montgomery, "Find A Grave Index"
- Louisa Twidwell in entry for A B Montgomery, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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World Events (8)
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.
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.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Possibly English: habitational name, possibly from Twydall in Kent, named from Old English twī ‘two’ + dāl ‘portion of land’. This surname is not found in current English sources.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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