When Henry Frederick Gerken was born about 1867, in Germany, his father, Frederick R Gerken, was 28 and his mother, Catharine Meyer, was 23. He married Clara Amalia Schliesser on 20 November 1902, in Defiance, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Adams Township, Defiance, Ohio, United States for about 60 years. He died on 1 July 1949, in Wauseon, Clinton Township, Fulton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Adams Township, Defiance, Ohio, United States.
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The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Eldor, Erwin, Ewald, Otto, Siegmar, Wilhelm.
North German: patronymic from Gerke .
English (Middlesex): from a short form of a Middle English personal name such as Gerald or Gerard + the diminutive suffix kin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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