Brief Life History of Vinton Elmer
When Vinton Elmer Groot was born on 2 August 1901, in Elmwood, Pierce, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Charles Elmer Groot, was 20 and his mother, Blanche Serene Lamport, was 20. He married Loretta Eleanor Waylett on 18 December 1943, in Whatcom, Washington, United States. He lived in Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, United States in 1910 and Fairhaven, Whatcom, Washington, United States for about 1 years. He died on 5 April 1995, in Junction City, Lane, Oregon, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Oak Lawn Memorial Park, Benton, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (15)
- Vinton E Groot, "United States 1950 Census"
- Harold Lamport, "Wisconsin Birth Index, 1820-1907"
- Venton E Groat, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1907 · Pike's Market
Pike’s Market is one of the oldest still working farmer’s markets in the US. It is located in Seattle’s central business district, just north of Belltown , and southwest of central waterfront and Elliott Bay. One of the attractions there is the gum wall.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Dutch Hendrik, Pieter, Willem.
Dutch: variant, without the definite article de ‘the’, of De Groot , a nickname for a big man, from groot ‘great, large’. Compare Grote .
North German: variant of Groth , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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