Brief Life History of Charles Henry
When Charles Henry Wettlin Jr. was born on 20 June 1899, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, his father, Charles Henry Wettlin Sr., was 23 and his mother, Eliza Brooks Pettingell, was 24. He married Ida Shinn in 1924, in New Jersey, United States. He lived in Asbury Park City, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States in 1910 and Monmouth, New Jersey, United States in 1920. He died on 21 June 1968, in Brielle Borough, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brielle Borough, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States.
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- Charles B Wettlin in household of Charles H Wettlin, "New Jersey State Census, 1905"
- Charles Henry Wettlin Jr., "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909"
- Mr. Charles II Wettlln Jr. in the U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1913 · The Woolworth Building Opens as the Tallest Building in the World
At 792 feet above Broadway, the Woolworth Building became the tallest building in the world and held the record for 17 years. The Woolworth Building was overshadowed by the Chrysler Building at 1,046 feet in 1930 and the Empire State Building at 1,454 feet in 1931. Retailer and mogul Frank W. Woolworth commissioned the Woolworth Building in 1910 with the intent of his namesake building to be the tallest in the world. The 13 million dollar project was financed in cash by Woolworth which allowed him freedoms in the design and construction of the ornate, gothic building. An opening ceremony was held on April 24, 1913 at which President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button from the White House and lit the historic building in New York City.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Meyer.
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): name from the Yiddish female personalname Vitle, a pet form of Vite (compare Witkin ) +the Slavic possessive suffix -in.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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