Brief Life History of Augusta
When Augusta Albrecht was born on 23 June 1873, in Goliad, Texas, United States, her father, Friedrich Wilhelm Andreas Albrecht, was 38 and her mother, Emilie Hildt, was 28. She married Ernest Randolph Ballowe on 2 May 1901, in Fannin, Goliad, Texas, United States. She lived in Justice Precinct 4, Goliad, Texas, United States for about 20 years. She died on 18 April 1903, in Wharton, Wharton, Texas, United States, at the age of 29, and was buried in Coletoville Cemetery, Victoria, Victoria, Texas, United States.
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- Auguste Albrecht im Haushalt von William Albrecht, "United States Census, 1880"
- Augusta Albrecht Ballowe, "Find A Grave Index"
- Augusta Albrecht im Haushalt von Emilie Albrecht, "United States Census, 1900"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1876 · Segregation Laws Are Passed
A new state constitution was passed in 1876, announcing the segregation of schools.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Erwin, Hans, Manfred, Otto, Horst, Klaus, Arno, Heinz, Milbert, Fritz, Gerhard.
German: from the personal name Albrecht, composed of the ancient Germanic elements adal ‘noble’ + berht ‘bright, famous’. Compare Albert . This surname is also found elsewhere in central Europe, e.g. in Czechia.
Germanized or Americanized form of Slovenian Albreht: from the personal name Albreht, of ancient Germanic origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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