Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Roff was born on 23 May 1875, in Ursa, Adams, Illinois, United States, her father, Jacob Roff, was 41 and her mother, Nancy Jane McCullough, was 32. She married Linus Pettersson in 1906, in Adams, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Ursa Township, Adams, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 16 December 1940, in Ursa, Adams, Illinois, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Ursa, Adams, Illinois, United States.
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- Margaret Roff, "United States Census, 1880"
- Margaret Walker, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Maggie Roff, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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World Events (8)
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
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.
1893 · The World's Columbian Exposition
Also known as the Chicago World's Fair, The Exposition was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World. The centerpiece of the Fair was a large water pool that represented Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas. The Fair had a profound effect on new architecture designs, sanitation advancement, and the arts. The Fairgrounds were given the nickname the White City due to its lavish paint and materials used to constuct it. Over 27 million people attended the fair during its six-month of operation. Among many of the invetions exhibited there was the first Ferris wheel built to rival the Eiffel Tower in France.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Roof .
North German: variant of Ruoff .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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