Brief Life History of David Olof Magnus
When David Olof Magnus Ekenberg was born on 7 July 1860, in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden, his father, Joachim Ekenberg, was 36 and his mother, Sofia Margreta Carlsdotter, was 36. He married Anna Borjesson in 1888, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Sundsvall, Västernorrland, Sweden in 1880 and Vittinge, Västmanland, Sweden in 1900. He died on 27 May 1925, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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- David Ekenborg, "United States Census, 1900"
- David Ekenberg, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- David Ekenberg, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · The Chicago Water Tower
The Chicago water tower was built out of Lemont limestone by William W. Boyington and was used for firefighting and also drawing clean water from Lake Michigan. The tower gained prominence after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Some believe that the tower was the only building to survive the Great Chicago Fire, but a few other buildings survived alongside the tower. The tower has become a symbol of old Chicago and how the city recovered from the fire. The tower has undergone only two renovations since 1913.
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.
Name Meaning
German: northern variant of Eichenberg .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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