Brief Life History of Matthew E
When Matthew E Groenewold was born in January 1870, in Ash Grove Township, Iroquois, Illinois, United States, his father, John Eildert Groenewold, was 34 and his mother, Mary Jane Orllatta, was 24. He married Louise Georgina Ellermeier in 1905, in Adams, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died after 1920, in Glenvil, Clay, Nebraska, United States.
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- Mattie Greenwold in household of John Greenwold, "United States Census, 1880"
- Matthew Groenewold in entry for Mrs Verna M Hinrichs, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
- Mathew Groenewald, "United States Census, 1910"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1873
Historical Boundaries: 1873: Clay, Nebraska, United States
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Kurt.
Dutch and East Frisian: habitational name from any of various minor places so named, from groen ‘green’ + wold ‘wood, forest’. Compare Gronewold .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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