Brief Life History of Adolph W.
When Adolph W. Killian was born on 14 November 1871, in Muscatine, Iowa, United States, his father, Christopher "Christ" Killian, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Lumpe, was 19. He married Minnie Wadel on 7 May 1902, in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States. He lived in Bloomington, Muscatine, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Davenport Township, Scott, Iowa, United States in 1900. He died on 14 December 1918, in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island Township, Rock Island, Illinois, United States.
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- Adolph W Killion in household of Allen T Hunt, "United States Census, 1900"
- Adolph W. Killian, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Adolph W. Killian, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
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.
Name Meaning
Irish: variant of Killeen .
German and Dutch: variant of Kilian .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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