Brief Life History of William James
When William James Ogden was born on 22 July 1899, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, James Alexander Ogden, was 39 and his mother, Elizabeth Rutherford, was 41. He lived in Cook, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died on 14 February 1950, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Westchester, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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- William Ogden in household of Warren Ogden, "United States Census, 1940"
- William James Ogden, "Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915"
- William James Ogden, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1900 · The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
Historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is a canal system that connects the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River. It reverses the direction of the Chicago River, which now flows out of Lake Michigan rather than into it. It is one of two canals that helps navigation to ships traveling between the Great Lakes Waterway and the Mississippi River system.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from two hamlets named Ogden in Rochdale and Oldham parishes (Lancashire). The placename derives from Old English āc + denu ‘oak valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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