Ella Gause

Brief Life History of Ella

When Ella Gause was born in 1895, in Illinois, United States, her father, Johann Gause, was 42 and her mother, Minnie Geist, was 34. She married Richard Klein on 6 May 1914, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 10 years and Riverside, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 10 years.

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Richard Klein
1889–1956
Ella Gause
1895–
Marriage: 6 May 1914
Dorothy L Klein
1919–2013
Richard Robert Klein
1925–1977

Sources (10)

  • Ella E Klein in household of Richard R Klein, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Ella E. Gause, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968"
  • Ella Gause in entry for Dorothy Loretta Klein, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949"

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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.

1897 · The Union Loop Elevated

The Loop was born in political scandal that combined the three elevated railways around Chicago and combined them into one. The scandal was to raise the fares for commuters so state legislators could receive more money while in office. 

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

German:

of Old Prussian origin, but unexplained etymology.

alternatively, of Slavic origin, a cognate of Gaus ‘goose’ derived from a Slavic word such as Polabian gos or Lower Sorbian gus.

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

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