Brief Life History of Alonzo
When Alonzo Lauderdale was born on 31 March 1881, in Rock, Pope, Illinois, United States, his father, John Davis Lauderdale, was 19 and his mother, Mary Jane Hopkins, was 17. He married Rosa Ellen Jones about 1900, in Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Sturgis, Union, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Washington Election Precinct, Pope, Illinois, United States in 1930. He died on 17 March 1944, in Pope, Illinois, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Metropolis, Massac, Illinois, United States.
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- Lou Lauderdale, "United States Census, 1920"
- Alonzo Lauderdale, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Alonzo Lauderdale, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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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.
1886
Historical Boundaries 1886: Union, Kentucky, United States
1898 · War with the Spanish
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: habitational name from the valley of Lauderdale, named from Lauder + either Old Norse dalr or Old English dæl ‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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