Brief Life History of Alice Florence
When Alice Florence Connell was born on 9 June 1896, in Bloomington, Muscatine, Iowa, United States, her father, Cornelius Christopher Connell, was 43 and her mother, Mary Ann Moran, was 39. She married Wayland Robert Mathis on 28 June 1927, in Scott, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Muscatine, Iowa, United States in 1925. She died on 14 February 1981, in Bloomington, Muscatine, Iowa, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Bloomington, Muscatine, Iowa, United States.
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- Alice Florence Connell, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
- Alice Connell, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Alice Mathis in entry for Wayland Robert Mathis, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened form of O'Connell or McConnell .
Manx: from Gaelic Mac Giolla Chonaill ‘son of Giolla Chonaill’, a personal name meaning ‘servant (i.e. devotee) of Saint Conall’. Compare O'Connell . The surname has sometimes been confused with Cannell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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