Henry Newman

Brief Life History of Henry

When Henry Newman was born in 1883, in Illinois, United States, his father, Charles Andrew Newman, was 40 and his mother, Mary Ann Steer, was 36. He lived in Saint Stephens, Nuckolls, Nebraska, United States in 1885. He died in 1887, at the age of 4, and was buried in Nelson Township, Nuckolls, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Andrew Newman
1843–1886
Mary Ann Steer
1847–1931
Frank Newman
1871–1945
Ida Ann Newman
1875–1942
Fanny Newman
1876–
Fred Newman
1876–1928
Minnie Rose Newman
1878–1955
Martin Newman
1880–
Maude Newman
1881–1961
Henry Newman
1883–1887
Kathie Newman
1884–
Albert Newman
1885–1962

Sources (1)

  • Henry Newman in household of Chas Newman, "Nebraska State Census, 1885"

World Events (3)

1885 · The First Skyscraper

The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

Name Meaning

English (southern): nickname from Middle English newe ‘new’ (i.e. newly arrived or newly appointed) + man ‘man’ (Old English nīwe + mann).

Americanized form (translation into English) of surnames meaning ‘new man, newcomer’, for example German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Neumann , Swedish Nyman , Polish Nowak , Czech or Slovak Novák, Slovenian, Croatian, or Serbian Novak .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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