Henriette Frederike (Schroter) Amelang (1854 - 1946)

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Henriette Frederike (Schroter) Amelang & Agustus Christian Amelang

March 2, 1878 - 1922
Cause of Separation: Death
Köthen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Henriette Frederike (Schroter) Amelang

Agustus Christian Amelang

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Oct 4, 1847 - May 25, 1922

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In 1854, in the year that Henriette Frederike (Schroter) Amelang was born, on February 28th, the GOP - the Republican Party - was founded in Ripon, Wisconsin by "modernizers", anti-slavery proponents, ex-Whigs, and ex-"Free-Soilers" - who opposed the expansion of slavery. The first Republican President of the United States was Abraham Lincoln.

In 1862, at the age of merely 8 years old, Henriette was alive when on January 30th, the USS Monitor - an iron hulled steamship - was launched. It was the first of its kind in the United States and was built in response to the rumor that the Confederate states were building an ironclad ship - the CSS Virginia.

In 1880, by the time she was 26 years old, on February 2nd the city of Wabash, Indiana became the third city in the world to be lit by electricity.

In 1901, she was 47 years old when John Pierpont "J. P." Morgan created U.S. Steel. J.P. Morgan was an American banker and financier who dominated U.S. business at this time. He had previously overseen the creation of General Electric, as well as International Harvester and AT&T. He has been referred to as America's greatest banker. U.S. Steel was the first billion dollar company in the world, worth $1.4 billion in 1901.

In 1946, in the year of Henriette Frederike (Schroter) Amelang 's passing, pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock's book "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" was published. It sold half a million copies in the first six months. Aside from the Bible, it became the best selling book of the 20th century. A generation of Baby Boomers were raised by the advice of Dr. Spock.