Brief Life History of William Louis
When William Louis Herr was born on 20 January 1888, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, his father, George P. Herr, was 22 and his mother, Bertha Frederika Schroeder, was 21. He married Julia Frederica Armstrong on 28 March 1919, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States in 1930 and Tallmadge, Tallmadge, Summit, Ohio, United States in 1940. He died on 4 November 1945, at the age of 57, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.
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- William Herr in household of Sophie Schroeder, "United States Census, 1900"
- Herr, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- William, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890 · The Arcade
The Arcade is a cross between a lighted court and a shopping street and was modeled after the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy. It was built by the Detroit Bridge Co. and it’s one of the few remaining arcades of its kind in the United States. The structure comprises of two nine-story towers with a skylight and was completely financed by John D. Rockefeller, Marcus Hanna, Charles F. Brush and several other wealthy Clevelanders. In 2001, the Hyatt corporation redeveloped the Arcade into Cleveland's first Hyatt Regency hotel but with the two lower floors of the atrium area remain open to the public with retail merchants and a food court.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German herre, German Herr ‘master, lord’, applied as a nickname for someone who gave himself airs and behaved in a lordly manner, or as an occupational name for someone in the service of the lord of the manor. As a Jewish surname it is often artificial. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Hungary.
Southeast Asian (Hmong): variant of Her 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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