Adeila L Damm

Brief Life History of Adeila L

When Adeila L Damm was born in March 1886, in Maryland, United States, her father, John Henry Damm, was 21 and her mother, Elizabeth Ault, was 29. She had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with Clinton Edward Harrison. She lived in District 1 Election District, Baltimore, Maryland, United States in 1900 and Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States in 1920. She died on 8 January 1937, at the age of 50, and was buried in Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

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Family Time Line

Clinton Edward Harrison
1884–1936
Adeila L Damm
1886–1937
Hazel E Harrison
1905–1988
Stanley E Harrison
1906–1975
Minnie Louise Harrison
1910–1979
Robert H Harrison
1918–

Sources (6)

  • Adela Damm in household of John Damm, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Adelia L. Harrison, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Adelia L Harrison, "Maryland, Baltimore, Loudon Park Cemetery, Cemetery Records, 1853-1986"

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.

1890 · Woman's Suffrage

An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Volker, Beate, Bernd, Frederick Fritz, Heinrich, Heinz, Ingeborg, Johann, Katharina, Klaus, Konrad, Manfred.

North German and Danish: topographic name from Middle Low German dam ‘dike, pavement’, and a habitational name from the frequent placename Damm in northern Germany and Damme in Lower Saxony, Brandenburg. In large parts of northern Germany (including Berlin), dam denoted the main, i.e. paved, road, which was generally raised in areas of swampy or sandy terrain.

German: from a short form of a personal name containing the Old High German element thank ‘thanks, reward’.

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

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