Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Trump was born on 30 April 1904, in The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, her father, Friedrich Trump, was 35 and her mother, Elisabetha Christ, was 23. She married William Otto Walter on 16 June 1929, in Queens, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Queens, New York City, New York, United States in 1950 and Pittsfield, Somerset, Maine, United States in 1983. She died on 3 December 1961, in New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 57.
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- Elizabeth Trump, "United States Census, 1920"
- Elizabeth Trump Grau, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Elizabeth Trump, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
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1905 · Squaw Mountain Fire Lookout
In 1905, a fire lookout tower (among the first of its kind) was constructed in Piscataquis County on Squaw Mountain. Due to Maine's abundance of lumber and paper mills, it was essential that a system be developed to help spot fires as quickly as possible.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
English (southwestern): metonymic occupational name for a trumpeter, from Middle English trump(e), tromp(e) ‘trumpet, horn’ (Old French tromp(e)), for a trumpeter or horn player. Compare Trumper .
German: metonymic occupational name for a drummer, from Middle High German trumpe ‘drum’.
History: Donald Trump, the 45th president of the US, is a grandson of Friedrich Trump (1869–1918), who emigrated to New York City, NY, in 1885 from Kallstadt in Palatinate, Germany.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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