Brief Life History of Margaret Elizabeth
When Margaret Elizabeth Classon was born on 3 December 1877, in Taneytown, Carroll, Maryland, United States, her father, William Henry Classon, was 41 and her mother, Lucy Ann Cretin, was 43. She married Edward Bernard Adelsberger on 27 January 1903, in Taneytown, Carroll, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in District 1, Carroll, Maryland, United States in 1910 and Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. She died on 23 June 1943, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Margaret E Adelsberger in household of Edward B Adelsberger, "United States Census, 1930"
- Margaret Elizabeth Classon Adelsberger, "Find A Grave Index"
- Margaret Addlesberger in household of Edward Addlesberger, "United States Census, 1920"
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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.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Hild.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Clas, a shortened form of Niklas (see Nicholas ). In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Klasson. Compare Clason 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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