Brief Life History of Elsa Louise
When Elsa Louise Kopf was born on 14 August 1888, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, her father, Johann Heinrich Peter Kopf, was 31 and her mother, Auguste Marie Louise Alisch, was 27. She married Ernest John Rachau on 8 April 1918, in Denver, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 4 December 1973, in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States.
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- Elsa L Kopf in household of John P Kopf, "United States Census, 1910"
- Elsa Kopf, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
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World Events (8)
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.
1892 · The Masonic Temple Building
The Masonic Temple Building was a skyscraper built in Chicago and from 1895 to 1920 it was the tallest building in Chicago. The building featured a central court surrounded by shops on nine floors. On top of the shops there were meeting rooms that were also used as theaters. In 1939 the Masonic Temple was demolished, and a Walgreens drug store was erected in its place.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Helmut, Arno, Dieter, Erwin, Gerhard, Heinz.
German (also Köpf): metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of cups or flasks, from Middle High German kopf ‘flask’ (from Late Latin cuppa ‘cask’).
German (also Köpf) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with some noticeable peculiarity or deformity of the head, from Middle High German kopf (the same word as in 1 above, used in a transferred sense which during the Middle Ages gradually ousted the earlier word houbet ‘head’), German Kopf. Compare Koepf .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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