Brief Life History of Harrison James
When Harrison James Hemmerling was born on 9 January 1877, in Dike, Grundy, Iowa, United States, his father, Frederick Martin Hemmerling, was 38 and his mother, Margaret June Collier, was 37. He married Mina Viola Gifford on 14 September 1899, in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States for about 20 years and Bertram Township, Linn, Iowa, United States in 1950. He died on 25 August 1965, in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Shiloh Cemetery, Hiawatha, Linn, Iowa, United States.
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- Harrison Hemmerling, "United States 1950 Census"
- Harrison Y Hemmerling, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Harrison James Hemmerling, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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.
1884 · There is now a Capital Building
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.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Hartmut, Klaus.
German: diminutive of Hammer .
Dutch: derivative of Hemmerich 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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