Brief Life History of Isadore
When Isadore Scharff was born on 27 May 1885, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, her father, William Scharff, was 28 and her mother, Fredericka Mars, was 37. She married Corneleus Alford Lyons on 20 June 1904, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 5 April 1951, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 65.
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- Ida Lyons in household of Paul Fader, "United States Census, 1930"
- Ida Bothell, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Ida Lyons, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1887 · The Michelson-Morley Experiment
In an attempt to detect a medium of space called aether, Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley started to experiment to see if there was any relative motion of matter through light waves. The result was negative and is generally considered to be the first strong evidence against the aether theory. Even though it has failed multiple times, the same type of experiment has been repeated many times with higher amounts of sensitivity to the sensors.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Gerhard, Gunter, Hanns, Hans, Otto.
German and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): variant of Scharf . Compare Sharff .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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