Brief Life History of Elsa
When Elsa Einstein Löwenthal Einstein was born on 18 January 1876, in Hechingen, Oberamt Hechingen, Hohenzollern, Prussia, Germany, her father, Rudolf Einstein, was 31 and her mother, Fanny Koch, was 23. She married Albert Einstein on 2 June 1919, in Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany. She died on 20 December 1936, in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Ewing Cemetery, Ewing, Ewing Township, Mercer, New Jersey, United States.
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- Elsa Einstein Einstein, "Find A Grave Index"
- Elsa Einstein in entry for Dr Albert Einstein, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
- Elsa Einstein im Eintrag für Universe Paced Fission und Albert Einstein, „United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011“
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1878 · Collapse of the City of Glasgow Bank.
Because of a discovery of a £7,000 deficit, City of Glasgow Bank halted operations from November to December 1877. After 10 months after reopening, the bank’s directors announced the bank, itself, had filed bankruptcy. The closure showed a net liability of over £6 million. The bank was so successful with telling people that it wasn’t in error, that the Bank's shares were selling for more than double of what they were actually worth. The bank’s directors were arrested and tried at the High Court. All were found guilty and sentenced to terms of imprisonment. Many Glasgow businesses failed as a result of the bankruptcy and shareholders were called to replenish the bank's losses. One shareholder argued that he had become a shareholder unknowing the fraudulent actions of the bank. Wide effects of the collapse have been seen in limited growth in liability and extensive problems with temporary banking liquidity.
1890
Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.
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.
Name Meaning
German: habitational name from any of various places called with a Middle High German derivative of einsteinen ‘to enclose or surround with stone’. In the unsettled social climate of the Middle Ages even relatively minor settlements were commonly surrounded with stone walls as a defense against attack.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name composed of German ein ‘one’ + Stein ‘stone’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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