When Margaret Catherene Wilhelmine Garbers was born on 18 June 1892, in Liberty Township, Henry, Ohio, United States, her father, Friedrich Garbers, was 33 and her mother, Dorathea Voigt, was 27. She married Samuel Clinton Geren on 12 April 1911, in Continental, Putnam, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, United States for about 10 years. She died on 24 June 1973, in Napoleon, Henry, Ohio, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Napoleon, Henry, Ohio, United States.
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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.
"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."
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.
North German: variant of Garber 2.
Danish: patronymic from the German surname Garber or a variant of Garbarsch, from Garbe ‘sheaf, bundle’.
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