Brief Life History of Joseph George
When Joseph George Fehring was born on 22 November 1874, in Minonk, Woodford, Illinois, United States, his father, John George FEHRING, was 42 and his mother, Anna Maria Schultze, was 30. He married Rosa May Seichter on 11 January 1921, in Henry, Illinois, United States. He lived in Minonk Township, Woodford, Illinois, United States for about 40 years. He died on 8 November 1957, in Minonk, Woodford, Illinois, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Minonk, Woodford, Illinois, United States.
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- Joseph G Febring in household of John Febring, "United States Census, 1900"
- Joseph George Fehring, „United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918“
- Joseph George Fehring, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
German (Holstein, Hamburg): patronymic from the Old Frisian personal name Fero.
North German: nickname or status name alluding to a tax obligation, from Middle Low German verdinc, a term denoting a quarter of a weight or coin (‘farthing’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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