Brief Life History of Alfred David
When Alfred David Tanner was born on 24 November 1880, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Alfred Washington Tanner, was 34 and his mother, Georgia Ann Gunter, was 33. He married Elsie M. Watson on 26 December 1908, in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1920 and Austin Township, Greenville, South Carolina, United States for about 10 years. He died on 16 December 1956, in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States.
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- Alfred Tanner, "United States Census, 1910"
- Alfred David Tanner, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Alfred David Tanner, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English (southern) and Dutch: occupational name for a tanner of skins, Middle English tanner, Middle Dutch taenre. The Middle English form derives from Old English tannere, from Late Latin tannarius, reinforced by Old French taneor, from Late Latin tannator; both Late Latin forms derive from a verb tannare, possibly from a Celtic word for the oak, whose bark was used in the process.
German: topographic name from Middle High German tan ‘woods, pine forest’ for someone who lived near such terrain.
German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Tanne (in the Harz Mountains, Bavaria, East Prussia, Switzerland) or Tann (Hesse, Bavaria), Thann (Bavaria, Austria, Alsace), Tannen (southern Germany, Switzerland), Thannen (Bavaria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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