Brief Life History of Anna May
When Anna May Knapp was born on 30 January 1886, in Kenesaw, Adams, Nebraska, United States, her father, Reuben Issac Knapp, was 23 and her mother, Albina Needham, was 24. She married Raymond Clark Wertz on 7 April 1908, in Medina, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Lodi, Harrisville Township, Medina, Ohio, United States in 1900. She died on 7 February 1909, at the age of 23, and was buried in Lodi, Harrisville Township, Medina, Ohio, United States.
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- Anna M Knapp in household of Reuben I Knapp, "United States Census, 1900"
- Anna M Knapp, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Anna May Knapp Weitz, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
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
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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