Brief Life History of Charles M
Charles M Knapp was born on 10 March 1877, in Germany as the son of Adam Knapp and Christina Sinn. He married Wilhelmina Noweck on 19 September 1907. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in McIntosh, North Dakota, United States in 1935 and Hebron, Morton, North Dakota, United States in 1940. He died on 12 October 1968, in Bismarck, Burleigh, North Dakota, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States.
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- Charles M Knapp, "United States Census, 1940"
- Carl Michael Knapp, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Charles Michael Knapp, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1885
Historical Boundaries: 1885: Stark, Dakota Territory, United States 1887: Morton, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Morton, Dakota , United States
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
German: occupational or status name from the German word Knapp(e), a variant of Knabe ‘young unmarried man’. In the 15th century this spelling acquired the separate, specialized meanings ‘servant, apprentice’, and ‘miner’. This surname is also found elsewhere in central Europe, e.g. in Czechia and Slovakia, where it is more commonly spelled Knap (compare 3 below).
German: in Franconia, a nickname for a dexterous or skillful person, of the same ultimate origin as 1 above.
Germanized or Americanized form of Polish, Czech, Slovak, Rusyn, and Slovenian Knap , a surname of ultimately German origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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