Brief Life History of LaVern Lloyd
When LaVern Lloyd Kitchen was born on 10 October 1899, in Sparta Township, Kent, Michigan, United States, his father, Alpha Kitchen, was 23 and his mother, Olive Mae McLain, was 23. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 1 July 1919, in Fruitland Township, Muskegon, Michigan, United States, at the age of 19, and was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan, United States.
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- Lavern Lloyd Kitchen, "Michigan, Census of World War I Veterans with Card Index, 1917-1919"
- Lavern Lloyd Kitchen, "Michigan, Births, 1867-1902"
- Lavern L Kitchen, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"
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World Events (8)
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.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English kichene ‘kitchen’ (Old English cycene), hence an occupational name for someone who worked in or was in charge of a kitchen.
Scottish: adopted, on account of phonetic resemblance, as an Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Uisdein, see McCutcheon .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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