When Willem Djkshoorn was born on 19 January 1866, in Maasland, South Holland, Netherlands, his father, Maarten Dijkshoorn, was 44 and his mother, Geertje van der Spek, was 35. He married Jacomina Leeweina van Thielen on 14 March 1893, in Sioux Center, Sioux, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Center Township, Sioux, Iowa, United States in 1930 and West Branch Township, Sioux, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 2 April 1948, in Sioux Center, Sioux, Iowa, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Sink Cemetery, Harrison Township, Clay, Indiana, United States.
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This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
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Probably the most successful of all the Old French names of Germanic origin that were introduced to England by the Normans. It is derived from Germanic wil ‘will, desire’ + helm ‘helmet, protection’. The fact that it was borne by the Conqueror himself does not seem to have inhibited its favour with the ‘conquered’ population: in the first century after the Conquest it was the commonest male name of all, and not only among the Normans. In the later Middle Ages it was overtaken by John , but continued to run second to that name until the 20th century, when the picture became more fragmented.
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