Brief Life History of Howard Phillip
When Howard Phillip Ziegler was born on 6 April 1872, in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Phillip M Ziegler, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Ann McFarland, was 32. He married Bertha Endicott Morrison on 23 June 1904, in District of Columbia, United States. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1927 and lived in Penn Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930 and Mount Penn, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. He died in 1942, at the age of 70, and was buried in Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Howard P Ziegler, "United States Census, 1910"
- Howard Philip Ziegler, "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950"
- Howard Phillip Ziegler, "Find A Grave Index"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tiler, from an agent derivative of Middle High German ziegel ‘roof tile’ (Old High German ziagal, from Latin tegula), German Ziegel. In the Middle Ages the term came to denote bricks as well as tiles, and so the name Ziegler may have also denoted a brickmaker or bricklayer (compare 2 below). This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Denmark, Poland, Czechia, and Hungary. Compare Zeagler , Zeigler , and Zigler .
In some cases also a Germanized form of Slovenian Cigler or of its variant Ciglar ‘brickmaker’, cognates of 1 above.
History: The surname Ziegler was probably first brought to North America in the early 18th century by Michael Ziegler from Germany, who settled in what is now Montgomery County, PA. The town of Zieglerville, PA, is named after him. Michael Ziegler was Lutheran, but converted to the Mennonite faith. Today the name Ziegler is also found among the Brethrens.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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