Eliza Waldo

Brief Life History of Eliza

When Eliza Waldo was born on 26 June 1865, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Elijah Dana Waldo, was 33 and her mother, Cordelia Cidelia Ellsworth, was 24.

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Elijah Dana Waldo
1832–1869
Cordelia Cidelia Ellsworth
1840–1909
Egbert Charles Waldo
1857–1921
Alice Cordelia Waldo
1859–1859
Frank Byron Waldo
1860–1864
Elijah Perry Waldo
1865–1949
Eliza Waldo
1865–
William Henry Waldo
1868–1937

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    World Events (3)

    1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

    The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

    1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

    This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

    1867 · The Burtis Opera House

    The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Walthall . Compare Scottish Waldie .

    German: habitational name from any of several places in Pomerania and Brandenburg called Waldow. This surname is very rare in Germany.

    History: Cornelius Waldo was living in Ipswich, MA, in 1647. Samuel Waldo (1695–1759) was born in Boston and became a land speculator in ME.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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