When Lena Catherina Dircks was born on 18 March 1912, in Grant Township, Plymouth, Iowa, United States, her father, Albert Jansen Dircks, was 29 and her mother, Etta Anke Margaretha Kleihauer, was 25. She married George Albert Schmitt on 7 November 1951, in Pierre, Hughes, South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Township 106 Range 71, Lyman, South Dakota, United States in 1940 and De Grey, Hughes, South Dakota, United States in 1945. She died on 3 April 1996, in Pierre, Hughes, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Pierre, Hughes, South Dakota, United States.
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The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
The museum started as a private collection given to the city by Henry W. Grout. Today it is still a nonprofit educational museum that helps engage students and all people from the surrounding communities.
Dutch and North German: variant of Dirks and Diercks .
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Possible Related NamesAlbert Dircks was born in 1881 in Grant Township, Plymouth County, Iowa to successful hard-working German immigrants. He inherited his father’s rich Iowa farmland when he was in his 30s. The farm lan …
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