Brief Life History of William Ernest
When William Ernest Brinkerhoff was born on 19 April 1869, in La Porte City, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States, his father, William Henry Brinkerhoff, was 31 and his mother, Emma Pinckley, was 28. He married Emma Catherine Crane on 17 April 1895, in Audubon, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Perry Township, Tama, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Exira, Audubon, Iowa, United States in 1910. He died on 18 August 1936, in Winthrop, Okanogan, Washington, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Winthrop, Okanogan, Washington, United States.
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- William E Brinkerhoff in household of Charles Milliman, "United States Census, 1910"
- W. E. Benkerhoff, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
- William Ernest Brinkerhoff, "Washington, County Death Registers, 1881-1979"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1883
Historical Periods 1883: Stevens, Washington Territory, United States 1888: Okanogan, Washington County, United States 1889: Okanogan, Washington, United States
1889 · Washington Becomes a State
On November 11, 1889, Washington Territory became Washington State the 42nd state to enter the Union. The state was named in honor of George Washington.
Name Meaning
Dutch: variant of Brinkerhof, a habitational name from a place so called (there is one in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany), named with hof (see Hof ) and Brink as ‘the farmstead in low-lying pastureland’. The surname Brinkerhoff is no longer found in the Netherlands. Compare Brinckerhoff .
History: Joris Brinkerhoff came to New Netherland (now NY) from the Netherlands in 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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