Brief Life History of William B.
When William B. Haas was born on 14 March 1894, in Marion, Kansas, United States, his father, George or Jorg Haas, was 27 and his mother, Susan Schlotthauer, was 26. He had at least 2 daughters with Melva Daniel. He lived in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 10 years and Prairie Township, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 27 December 1969, at the age of 75, and was buried in Bonner Springs Cemetery, Bonner Springs, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States.
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- Wm Haas, "Kansas State Census, 1925"
- Legacy NFS Source: William B. Haas - Government record: Cemetery record or headstone: birth-name: William B Haas
- Will Haas, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German, Middle Dutch hase, German Hase ‘hare’, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble a hare (i.e. for a swift runner or perhaps a timorous person) or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a hare. As a Jewish name it can also be an artificial name or one of names randomly selected from vocabulary words by government officials when surnames became compulsory. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). In the Netherlands and Germany it is in part of French (Huguenot) origin, a translation into Dutch or German of the French surname Lelièvre ‘the hare’ (see Lelievre ). Compare De Haas .
German and Dutch: from the personal name Hase with an indistinct origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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