Brief Life History of Minnie
When Minnie Skoning was born on 12 September 1886, in Elgin, Kane, Illinois, United States, her father, George Skoning, was 28 and her mother, Ane Kirstine Bendtsen, was 24.
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Family Time Line
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- Minnie Skoning, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
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World Events (3)
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.
1892 · The Chicago Canal
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Otto, Rainer.
Dutch; German (also Köning): from Middle Dutch coninc, Middle Low German konink ‘king’ (compare Koenig ), a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or inn name, or a nickname for someone who gave himself royal airs, or a status name for the head of a craftmen's guild, or a society of archers, or minstrels. Compare also De Koning and Koening .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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