Brief Life History of Alvina Amelia
When Alvina Amelia Glos was born on 31 August 1886, in Saint Charles, Kane, Illinois, United States, her father, Henry Alfred Glos, was 37 and her mother, Anna Barbara Schaubel, was 36. She had at least 3 daughters with Walter LaFayette Gillion. She lived in Saint Charles Township, Kane, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 25 October 1926, in Saint Charles, Kane, Illinois, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Saint Charles, Kane, Illinois, United States.
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- Alvina Gillion in household of Henry A Gloss, "United States Census, 1920"
- Alvina Amelia Gillion, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Alvina G Gillion, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
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.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
German: from an altered form of Klaus , a shortened form of the personal name Nikolaus (see Nicholas , compare Glass ).
Polish: from głos ‘voice’, presumably applied as a nickname for someone with a loud, mellifluous, or otherwise remarkable voice.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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