When Albertus "Burt" Stannard was born in 1862, in Madison, New York, United States, his father, Gilbert Stannard, was 35 and his mother, Esther Emeline Hibbard, was 34. He had at least 1 son with Lillian W. "Lillie" Woodward. He lived in Wisconsin, United States in 1870 and Shell Rock, Butler, Iowa, United States in 1880. He died on 5 April 1939, in Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 77.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
A patent was filed on October 11, 1867, on a new direct action typewriter. The patent was filed by Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel Soule who had invented the prototype in Milwaukee.
A fire erupted on January 10, 1883, at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee. The fire began at 4:00 am in an elevator shaft and raced up through the building. The fire spread so quickly that many could not escape. General and Mrs. Tom Thumb, stars of P.T. Barnum's circus, were guests in the hotel at the time of the fire. A firefighter reached them by ladder and they were able to escape safely. The exact number of deaths remains unknown as the hotel register was destroyed in the fire, however, the death toll is estimated between 75-90.
English (East Anglia): from the Middle English personal name Stanhard (Old English Stānheard, from stān ‘stone’ + heard ‘hard, bold’).
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