Brief Life History of William
When William Rasp was born on 6 February 1864, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, his father, Johann Matthäus Rasp, was 32 and his mother, Wilhelmina "Minna" Herwig, was 30. He married Louisa Ehrhardt on 7 September 1889, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on 2 January 1929, at the age of 64, and was buried in Affton, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Wm Rasp in household of Mathias Rasp, "United States Census, 1880"
- William Rasp, "Find A Grave Index"
- William Rasp in entry for Edward Rasp, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998"
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World Events (8)
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
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.
Name Meaning
German: from Middle High German raspen ‘to scrape together, amass’, a nickname for a greedy person.
North German: metonymic occupational name for someone who made rasps or used one in his work, from Middle Low German raspe ‘file, rasp, grater’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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