Brief Life History of Joseph Peter
When Joseph Peter Berneck was born on 9 July 1869, in Delano, Wright, Minnesota, United States, his father, Thomas Berneck, was 42 and his mother, Rosalia Koontz, was 29. He married Nellie Hepburn on 18 July 1907, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Bloomington, Muscatine, Iowa, United States in 1930 and South Newport Election Precinct, Pend Oreille, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 25 July 1949, in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Newport Cemetery, Newport, Pend Oreille, Washington, United States.
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- Joseph P Berneck, "United States Census, 1940"
- J P Berneck, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
- Jospeh Peter Berneck, "Washington, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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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.
1884 · There is now a Capital Building
The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
North German: from a pet form of the personal name Bernhard .
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Bernik .
Americanized form of Slovenian Bernik .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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