Brief Life History of Edwin Charles
When Edwin Charles Steffes was born on 17 September 1899, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, his father, Michael Steffes, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Mengelkoch, was 32. He had at least 1 daughter with Louisa Agnes Ward. He died on 1 November 1957, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Evergreen Park, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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- Edward Steffels in household of Michael Steffels, "United States Census, 1900"
- Edwin Charles Steffes, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949"
- Edwin Charles Steffes, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1900 · The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
Historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is a canal system that connects the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River. It reverses the direction of the Chicago River, which now flows out of Lake Michigan rather than into it. It is one of two canals that helps navigation to ships traveling between the Great Lakes Waterway and the Mississippi River system.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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Name Meaning
Dutch: patronymic from a shortened form of the personal name Steffen. Compare Steffens .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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