Brief Life History of Frank Hirem
When Frank Hirem Stover III was born on 24 June 1893, in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States, his father, Frank Hiram Stover, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Laing, was 25. He married Gertrude Heacox on 30 June 1919, in Long Lake, Iosco, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Bay, Michigan, United States in 1920. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 1 April 1982, in Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Elm, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
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- Frank H Stover in household of Frank H Stover, "United States Census, 1910"
- Frank Stover, "Michigan Births, 1867-1902"
- Frank H. Jr Stover, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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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.
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.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
North German (Stöver): from Middle Low German (bad)stover ‘bather, barber, worker at a public bathhouse’, mainly an occupational name, but occasionally perhaps a nickname for a dedicated bather. Compare Stoever .
English: variant of Stopher with intervocalic voicing of /f/ to /v/.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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