Maude Standing

1874–29 May 1961 (Age 87)
St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

The Life of Maude

When Maude Standing was born in 1874, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, her father, Dr William Standing, was 28 and her mother, Mary Jane Clayton, was 26. She married Gustavus George Adam Herzog in 1896. She lived in St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1900 and East Saint Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States in 1930. She died on 29 May 1961, at the age of 87, and was buried in East Saint Louis Township, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Gustavus George Adam Herzog
1871–1955
Maude Standing
1874–1961
Marriage: 1896

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
1896
St Louis, St Louis, MO

Parents and Siblings

siblings

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World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 1

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.
1877 · The First Workers Strike

Age 3

The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 24

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English (chiefly Sussex): variant of Standen , or a habitational name from a place in Lancashire with the same etymology.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Maude Smith in household of Leon Smith, "United States Census, 1940"
  • M S Smith in household of Leon G Smith, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Maude S Smith in household of Leon G Smith, "United States Census, 1920"

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