Brief Life History of Blanche Viola
When Blanche Viola Swisher was born on 6 September 1879, in Page, Iowa, United States, her father, Peter Swisher, was 43 and her mother, Anna Rebecca Kriner, was 28. She married Patrick Henry Bennett on 1 May 1907, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Valley Township, Page, Iowa, United States in 1880. She died on 10 December 1919, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 40.
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- Blanche V Swisher in household of U S Kulow, Sr., "United States Census, 1900"
- Blanche Viola Swisher, "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965"
- Blanch V Swisher in household of Peter Swisher, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
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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.
1884 · There is now a Capital Building
The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.
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.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Schweitzer ‘Swiss’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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