Brief Life History of Anna May
When Anna May Knapp was born in 1873, in Otsego, New York, United States, her father, John Knapp, was 33 and her mother, Fannie Hilzinger, was 28. She married Ray L Chappell on 11 February 1891, in Milford Center, Otsego, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in New Scotland, New Scotland, Albany, New York, United States in 1875 and Oneonta, Otsego, New York, United States for about 50 years.
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- Annie Knapp in household of John Knapp, "New York State Census, 1875"
- Anna May Chappell, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Anna May Knapp in entry for Lowell Ray Chappelle and Ethel Blanche Nicholson, "New York, County Marriages, 1908-1935"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
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.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
German: occupational or status name from the German word Knapp(e), a variant of Knabe ‘young unmarried man’. In the 15th century this spelling acquired the separate, specialized meanings ‘servant, apprentice’, and ‘miner’. This surname is also found elsewhere in central Europe, e.g. in Czechia and Slovakia, where it is more commonly spelled Knap (compare 3 below).
German: in Franconia, a nickname for a dexterous or skillful person, of the same ultimate origin as 1 above.
Germanized or Americanized form of Polish, Czech, Slovak, Rusyn, and Slovenian Knap , a surname of ultimately German origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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