Prussia (Germany)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File
Scope Note: Bio/Hist: For subject use on all works about this place without regard to date. For corporate names of government bodies, use the appropriate name for the time period(s) involved: Prussia (Duchy) est. 1525; since 1618 administered by the Electorate of Brandenburg; Prussia (Kingdom) created from electorate of Brandenburg and other territories, 1701-1871; Prussia (Germany) 1871-1947.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Isadore Elkan and Anna Freudenthal Solomon, 1997
File
Identifier: B111.09.0009.0012
Scope and Contents
I. E. (Isadore Elkan) Solomon was born on May 23, 1841 in Kruschwitz, Prussia and moved to Pennsylvania in 1858. He became a US citizen in 1865 and married Anna Freudenthal in 1872 after meeting her in Poland. They moved to Arizona with their three children in 1876, opening a store shortly afterward in the town that came to be known as Solomonville. The town grew, and the Solomon Commercial Company incorporated more and more items and industries, selling automobiles and opening a flour mill,...
Dates:
1997