Kate E Brier

Brief Life History of Kate E

When Kate E Brier was born on 27 January 1856, in Washington, Washington, Iowa, United States, her father, James S Brier, was 40 and her mother, Sarah Ann Babb, was 20. She married Emanuel W Swisher on 6 October 1874, in Washington, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Brighton Township, Washington, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Cook, Illinois, United States in 1920. She died on 8 August 1933, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Brighton, Washington, Iowa, United States.

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Emanuel W Swisher
1845–1914
Kate E Brier
1856–1933
Marriage: 6 October 1874
Fraude Swisher
1878–1965
Gilbert Garfield Swisher
1880–1950

Sources (13)

  • Kate Swisher, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Kate E. Swisher, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Katie Brier, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

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World Events (8)

1857 · Oldest tobacco shop in the Country

Iwan Ries and Company is one of the oldest family owned tobacco companies in North America and was originally owned by Edward Hoffman. Realizing that he could not run the company alone, Hoffman recruited his nephew, Iwan Ries to join him. The name of the Company changed from E. Hoffman and Co. when Edward Hoffman retired in 1898.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire): topographic name for someone who lived by a briar patch, Middle English brere (Old English brǣr ‘thorn bush’). This was also applied as a nickname for a prickly, difficult person. Compare Breer .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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