Brief Life History of Alvina Henrietta
When Alvina Henrietta Staackmann was born on 11 July 1894, in McCausland, Scott, Iowa, United States, her father, Ferdinand Staackman, was 38 and her mother, Dora Henrietta Schlichting, was 40. She married Elmer Howard Borchers on 12 July 1918, in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States in 1930. She died on 3 May 1998, in Carson City, Nevada, United States, at the age of 103, and was buried in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States.
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- Alvina H Borchers, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
- Alvina Stackman, "Iowa, Birth and Stillbirth Records, 1921-1947"
- Alvina N Staackmann, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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World Events (8)
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.
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
1922 · Oldest radio station west of the Mississippi
The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.
Name Meaning
Semi-fictional name, based on Gaelic mala mhìn ‘smooth brow’, invented by James Macpherson ( 1736–96 ), the Scottish antiquarian poet who published works allegedly translated from the ancient Gaelic bard Ossian. The name became popular in Scandinavia because of the admiration of the Emperor Napoleon for the Ossianic poems: he was godfather to several of the children of his marshal Jean Baptiste Bernadotte (who ruled Norway and Sweden ( 1818–44 ) as Karl XIV Johan ) and imposed his own taste in naming practices on them, hence the frequency of Ossianic given names in Scandinavia. Las Malvinas is the Argentinian name for the Falkland Islands, but it has no connection with the Ossianic name, being derived from the name of the French seaport St Malo.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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