Brief Life History of John Joseph
When John Joseph Leiter was born on 12 May 1898, in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States, his father, James Jacob Leiter, was 33 and his mother, Olive Anna Buys, was 26. He married Helen R Langley on 1 August 1919, in Battle Creek Township, Calhoun, Michigan, United States. He died on 3 May 1973, in Battle Creek Township, Calhoun, Michigan, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Battle Creek Township, Calhoun, Michigan, United States.
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- John J Leiter, "United States 1950 Census"
- John Joseph Leiten, "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917"
- John J. Leiter, "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.
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
German: from Leiter ‘leader’, status name for a foreman or for the leader of a military expedition, from Middle High German leiten ‘lead’.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Leitner .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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