Emma Fornoff
about 1890–about 1949 (Age 59)
Montgomery, Illinois, United States
The Life of Emma
Emma Fornoff was born about 1890, in Montgomery, Illinois, United States. She married Joseph Fiefer Rogers about 1920, in Montgomery, Illinois, United States. She died about 1949, in her hometown, at the age of 59, and was buried in Litchfield, Montgomery, Illinois, United States.
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Family Time Line
Joseph Fiefer Rogers
1892–1958
Emma Fornoff
1890–1949
Marriage: about 1920
Spouse and Children
1892–1958Male
1890–1949Female
MARRIAGE
about 1920
Montgomery, Illinois, United States
about 1920
Montgomery, Illinois, United States
World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 0
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.
1892 · The Chicago Canal
Age 2
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
Age 16
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
Variant of the German topographic name Vornhof ‘in front of the farm’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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