When John Aloysius Pollard was born in May 1875, in Grundy Center, Grundy, Iowa, United States, his father, Michael Pollard, was 41 and his mother, Bridget Maloney, was 36. He married Edith Lord about 1904, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Alberta, Canada in 1898 and lived in Alberta, Canada in 1901 and Strathcona, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for about 10 years. In 1911, his occupation is listed as brick maker in Strathcona, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He died in 1958, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 83, and was buried in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.
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.
English:
perhaps a nickname from an unrecorded Middle English pollard, a derivative of the Middle English verb poll ‘to clip’ or the noun poll ‘the head’. It may have denoted someone with a close‐cropped head or a big head.
from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Pollard, a pet form of Paul (Old French Pol). The surname has been established in both England and Ireland since the 13th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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