When John Frederick Rotzein was born on 29 April 1878, in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Johann Michael “John” Rotzien, was 28 and his mother, Valeria Maier, was 27. He married Irene Eleanor Whiting on 10 April 1907, in Clitherall, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Nidaros Township, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States in 1910. He died on 10 January 1965, in Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States.
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Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: 1899
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Variant spelling of Janice . It was quite popular in the United States in the 1960s and 70s by association with the rock singer Janis Joplin ( 1943–70 ).
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