Brief Life History of Joseph Clark
When Joseph Clark Pernet was born on 18 May 1882, in Odell, Livingston, Illinois, United States, his father, Joseph Pernet, was 51 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Wiles, was 31. He married Blanche Isabel Gutel on 30 August 1904, in Livingston, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Long Beach Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 13 November 1967, in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Clarke Perdut, "United States Census, 1910"
- Joseph C Pernet, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Joseph C Pernett, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
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1885 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
German and French: derivative of an ancient Germanic personal name composed of ber(n) ‘bear’, e.g. Bernhard .
Catalan: probably a variant of Vernet .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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