Ghiberti Dwight Hott

Brief Life History of Ghiberti Dwight

When Ghiberti Dwight Hott was born on 17 November 1879, in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States, his father, Rev. Charles Martin Hott, was 28 and his mother, Alberlon Clementine Eyler, was 21. He had at least 4 sons and 2 daughters with Bertha Rosetta Summers. He lived in Maryland, United States in 1920 and Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States in 1930. He died in 1936, in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Wellers Cemetery, Thurmont West, Frederick, Maryland, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ghiberti Dwight Hott
1879–1936
Bertha Rosetta Summers
1885–1985
Kingston Dwight Hott
1906–1967
Charles Eldon Hott
1908–1990
Virginia Evangeline Hott
1910–1996
Frances Lott
1913–
James Keilholtz Hot
1914–1993
James Kolholtz
1915–

Sources (8)

  • Dwight Holt, "United States Census, 1930"
  • G. Dwight Hott, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ghiberti D Hott in entry for Charles E Hott, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

World Events (8)

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.

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.

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

North German: possibly a nickname or a metonymic occupational name from Middle Low German hotte ‘coagulated milk, used for making cheese’.

South German: probably from an ancient Germanic personal name formed with hut ‘protection, helmet’ (see Hottmann 1).

English: metonymic occupational name for a basketmaker, from Middle English hot(t)e, hutte ‘basket, pannier’ (Old French hotte). Compare Bannister .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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