When Isaac Jansma was born on 31 December 1899, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, his father, Renze Jansma, was 37 and his mother, Jeltje Dreijer, was 30. He married Florence J Wanrooy on 17 April 1924, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in North Park, Kent, Michigan, United States in 1940. In 1942, at the age of 42, his occupation is listed as widdicomb furniture in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States. He died on 1 January 1944, in Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Washington Park Memorial Gardens, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States.
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This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
"Henry Ford built his first gasoline-powered vehicle, named the Quadricycle, in 1896, at his home in Detroit. Ford sold the Quadricycle for $200 and used the money to build a second car. In 1901, Ford raced his car ""Sweepstakes"" against Alexander Winton and won. The victory resulted in publicity for Ford which allowed him to gain investors for his new company, Ford Motor Company. The first Model A was sold on July 23, 1903, and the company was incorporated on November 13, 1903."
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
West Frisian and Dutch (mainly Groningen): patronymic, formed with the Frisian suffix -ma ‘(one of the) men of’, from a genitivized form of the personal name Jan .
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