Brief Life History of William James
When William James Flohr was born on 7 January 1894, in Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States, his father, Charles Friedrich Flohr, was 30 and his mother, Martha Mary Mattman, was 23. He married Dorothy Anna Frei on 7 August 1922, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Ramsey, Minnesota, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 5 November 1980, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Holyrood Catholic Cemetery, Shoreline, King, Washington, United States.
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- Wm Flohr, Jr, "United States Census, 1950"
- W J Flohr, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
- William James Flohn, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1896
Historical Boundaries 1896: Dawson, Montana, United States 1919: Garfield, Montana, United States
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Chaim, Mort, Aron, Aviva, Avrohom, Chaya, Eliyahu, Emanuel, Shimon, Sholom, Yehuda, Yosef.
German: from a short form of the medieval Latin personal name Florentius (see Florence ) or of Florian .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Flor ‘array of flowers’ or metonymic occupational name from German Flor ‘gauze’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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