Brief Life History of Laura Mary
When Laura Mary Schiltz was born on 12 May 1867, in Rockdale, Dubuque, Iowa, United States, her father, Henry Schiltz, was 31 and her mother, Mary Maria Chalders, was 29. She lived in Dubuque, Iowa, United States in 1905 and Table Mound Township, Dubuque, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died on 26 November 1921, in Rockdale, Dubuque, Iowa, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (12)
- Laura Walker, "Iowa State Census, 1905"
- M. Laura Schiltz, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- M Laura Walker, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
Spouse and Children
1867–1941 Male
1867–1921 Female
Parents and Siblings
1835–1900 Male
1838–1923 Female
Siblings (3)
1862–1936 Male
1867–1921 Female
1868–1880 Male
World Events (8)
1868 · Impeach the President!
Age 1
1868 · The Fourteenth Amendment
Age 1
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 15
Name Meaning
German: variant of Schilz and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. Compare Shiltz 1.
Germanized form of Slovenian Šilc: probably from a derivative of šiliti ‘to point, to sharpen (with an awl)’, applied as an occupational name for someone who used an awl (šilo in Slovene) as a tool. Compare Shiltz 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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