Brief Life History of Michella
When Michella Work was born on 17 November 1874, in Ackley, Hardin, Iowa, United States, her father, George Washington Work, was 30 and her mother, Menora E. Cain, was 26. She married Harry W Rambo on 11 June 1896, in Clarion, Wright, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Canton Township, Fulton, Illinois, United States in 1940. She died on 28 August 1954, in Canton, Fulton, Illinois, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Canton, Fulton, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (15)
- Michelle Work, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Chella D. Work, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Machella Work Hunter, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Orkney): habitational name from the lands of Work in the parish of Saint Ola, Orkney.
English: from Middle English werk ‘earthwork, fortification’, Older Scots wark ‘work, building’ (both from Old English (ge)weorc), a topographic or occupational name for a person who lived or worked at a fort, earthwork, or similar construction, or a habitational name from any place so called, such as Wark (Northumberland).
Danish: habitational name from a place so called.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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