Brief Life History of Earnest Dewey
When Earnest Dewey Bennett was born on 19 May 1898, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States, his father, Theodore P Bennett, was 30 and his mother, Julia Etta Christian, was 22. He married Martha Jane Bankert on 19 April 1919, in Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, United States. He lived in Augusta, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Holland, Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, United States in 1940. He died on 20 January 1977, in Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Pilgrim Home Cemetery, Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, United States.
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- Earnest D Bennett, "United States Census, 1940"
- Earnest Dewey Bennett, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
- Ernest Bennett, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1903 · Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford built his first gasoline-powered vehicle, named the Quadricycle, in 1896, at his home in Detroit. Ford sold the Quadricycle for $200 and used the money to build a second car. In 1901, Ford raced his car "Sweepstakes" against Alexander Winton and won. The victory resulted in publicity for Ford which allowed him to gain investors for his new company, Ford Motor Company. The first Model A was sold on July 23, 1903, and the company was incorporated on November 13, 1903.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English: from the medieval personal name Benedict , from Latin Benedictus ‘blessed’. In the 12th century the Latin form of the name is found in England alongside versions derived from the Old French form Beneit, Benoit, which was common among the Normans. The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
German: from a short form of the personal name Bernhard .
Altered form of French Benet or Bennet or of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname. Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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