Brief Life History of Sigismund
Sigismund Tanner was born on 27 November 1882, in Massachusetts, United States as the son of John Tanner and Helena Heikie. He married Flora E Tanner in United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States in 1930 and Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States for about 5 years. He died on 21 January 1963, in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 80.
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- Sigismund Tanner, "United States Census, 1940"
- Sigismund Tanner, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
- Sigismund Tanner, "United States Census, 1930"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1895 · College Hall Catches on Fire
On January 27, 1895, College Hall catches on fire and is fully consumed within one hour. During the fire, many students and faculty work together to save many of the items in the building. Some of these are library books. They save the books by piling them onto the rugs and dragging them out of the burning building. College Hall is then later rebuilt and renamed Davis Hall after Governor John W. Davis.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English (southern) and Dutch: occupational name for a tanner of skins, Middle English tanner, Middle Dutch taenre. The Middle English form derives from Old English tannere, from Late Latin tannarius, reinforced by Old French taneor, from Late Latin tannator; both Late Latin forms derive from a verb tannare, possibly from a Celtic word for the oak, whose bark was used in the process.
German: topographic name from Middle High German tan ‘woods, pine forest’ for someone who lived near such terrain.
German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Tanne (in the Harz Mountains, Bavaria, East Prussia, Switzerland) or Tann (Hesse, Bavaria), Thann (Bavaria, Austria, Alsace), Tannen (southern Germany, Switzerland), Thannen (Bavaria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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