Brief Life History of Charles Earl
When Charles Earl Hand was born on 17 March 1882, in Logansport, Indiana, United States, his father, Charles Louis Hand, was 23 and his mother, Sarah Foster, was 22. He married Sadie Bell Stone on 26 October 1904, in Cass, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Cook, Illinois, United States in 1920. He died on 5 December 1957, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States.
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- Charles E Hand, "United States Census, 1930"
- Chas. E. Hand, "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992"
- Charles E Hand, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998"
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1885 · The World's First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
English, German, and Dutch: nickname for someone with a peculiarity or deformity of the hand or perhaps to skill in its use, from Middle English hond(e), hand(e), Middle High German hant, found in such appellations as Johan metter hant (Rijkhoven 1284), Liebhard mit der Hand (Augsburg 1383).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from German Hand ‘hand’ (see 1 above).
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fhlaithimh (see Guthrie ), as a result of association with the Gaelic word lámh ‘hand’. It is used as an English equivalent for several other names of Gaelic origin too, such as Claffey , Glavin , and McClave .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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