Minnie Heck

Femaleabout 1864–about 1944

Brief Life History of Minnie

When Minnie Heck was born about 1864, in Kentucky, United States, her father, William David Heck, was 26 and her mother, Mary, was 24. She died about 1944, in her hometown, at the age of 82.

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    World Events (8)

    1865

    Age 1

    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

    1865 · The Assassination of a President

    Age 1

    "While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."

    1886

    Age 22

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    Name Meaning

    South German: topographic name from Middle High German hecke, hegge ‘hedge’. This surname is common in southern Germany and the Rhineland, and is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).

    Dutch: topographic name from Middle Dutch heck ‘fence, gate’. Compare Van Hecke .

    English: topographic name for someone who lived by a gate or ‘hatch’ (especially one leading into a forest), northern Middle English heck (Old English hæcce). Compare Hatch .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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