Brief Life History of Nellie E
When Nellie E Lockwood was born on 11 February 1892, in Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States, her father, William Port Lockwood, was 24 and her mother, Minnie Frances Rosencrans, was 21. She married Anthony "Tony" Vomacka on 26 November 1906, in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Linn Township, Linn, Iowa, United States in 1925. She died on 14 March 1973, in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States.
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- Nelle E Stark, "United States 1950 Census"
- Nellie Lockwood, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Nellie Lockwood, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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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.
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one of three places called Lockwood, one in Yorkshire, one in North Yorkshire and another in Staffordshire. The Yorkshire and Staffordshire placenames both derive from Old English loc ‘lock, enclosure, fold’ + wudu ‘wood’. The North Yorkshire placename derives from Old English loc + Old Norse vithr ‘wood’. The surname appears to have migrated to East Anglia.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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