Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Glowacz was born on 6 December 1876, in Magdalenowo, Kreis Gostyn, Posen, Prussia, Germany, his father, Jacob Glowacz, was 35 and his mother, Francisca Waschinska, was 25. He married Hedwig Lagodka on 7 July 1900, in Krobia, Gostyń, Greater Poland, Poland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States in 1911. He died on 29 October 1963, in Michigan, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
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- Thomas Glowac, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Thomas Glowacz, "Find A Grave Index"
- Tomasz Glowacz, „Deutschland, Preußen, Posen, Katholische und Lutherisch Kirchenbücher, 1430-1998“
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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.
1890
Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.
1904 · Belle Isle Aquarium
The Belle Isle Aquarium is a public aquarium located in Belle Isle Park in Detroit. It opened on August 18, 1904, and was the oldest continually operating public aquarium in North America when it closed on April 3, 2005. The aquarium reopened to the public on August 18, 2012, and is now run entirely by volunteers
Name Meaning
New Testament name, borne by one of Christ's twelve apostles, referred to as ‘Thomas, called Didymus’ (John 11:16; 20:24). Didymos is the Greek word for ‘twin’, and the name is the Greek form of an Aramaic byname meaning ‘twin’. The given name has always been popular throughout Christendom, in part because St Thomas's doubts have made him seem a very human character.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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