When Della Viola Manson was born on 24 October 1882, in Dane, Wisconsin, United States, her father, John C Manson, was 30 and her mother, Louella Ellen Clark, was 26. She married Roy W Pope in 1910, in Paoli, Dane, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Montrose, Dane, Wisconsin, United States in 1910. She died on 14 March 1919, in Notus, Canyon, Idaho, United States, at the age of 36.
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A fire erupted on January 10, 1883, at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee. The fire began at 4:00 am in an elevator shaft and raced up through the building. The fire spread so quickly that many could not escape. General and Mrs. Tom Thumb, stars of P.T. Barnum's circus, were guests in the hotel at the time of the fire. A firefighter reached them by ladder and they were able to escape safely. The exact number of deaths remains unknown as the hotel register was destroyed in the fire, however, the death toll is estimated between 75-90.
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A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Scottish (mainly the Northern Isles): shortened form of Magnusson .
English: patronymic, probably sometimes from the Middle English personal name Man, Manne (Old English Mann(a) or Old Danish Manni) + -son; compare Mann . Occasionally perhaps from a Middle English personal name Mainstan (Old English Mægenstān, from mægen ‘might, power’ + stān ‘stone’).
Americanized form of Swedish Månsson (rarely Månson): patronymic from the personal name Måns, a derivative of Magnus . Compare Monson .
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