Brief Life History of Nora Elizabeth
When Nora Elizabeth Rader was born on 17 March 1887, in Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States, her father, John Wesley Rader, was 26 and her mother, Amanda Clay, was 26. She married Walter Clyde Griffy on 25 December 1905, in Monroe, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. She lived in Pontiac Township, Oakland, Michigan, United States in 1930 and Detroit Ward 1, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1940. She died on 2 December 1960, in Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Berkley, Oakland, Michigan, United States.
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- Elizabeth Grifby in household of Walter C Grifby, "United States Census, 1920"
- Elizabeth Nora Rader Griffy, "Find A Grave Index"
- Nora Elizabeth Raider in entry for Walter Guffy, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
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1889 · The first Skyscraper in Detroit
The Hammond Building was a high-rise building completed in 1889 and was 151 feet tall. It's considered the first skyscraper in the city and was the tallest in Michigan after it was built. The Hammond Building was demolished in 1956 to make way for the National Bank of Detroit Building.
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.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
Name Meaning
German (also Räder): occupational name for a wheelwright, from an agent derivative of Middle High German rat ‘wheel’.
German (Räder): metonymic occupational name for a flour sifter or mill hand, from Middle High German reder ‘sieve’.
German: occasionally an occupational name from Middle Low German rader ‘adviser’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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