Brief Life History of Daniel Vorhees
When Daniel Vorhees Wells was born on 2 June 1890, in Franklin Township, Brown, Ohio, United States, his father, Gideon Wells, was 24 and his mother, Rebecca Albertine Wright, was 21. He had at least 2 sons and 3 daughters with Ella S Waugh. He lived in River Rouge, Wayne, Michigan, United States for about 10 years and Detroit Ward 20, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1940. He died on 3 June 1945, at the age of 55, and was buried in Confidence Cemetery, Georgetown, Brown, Ohio, United States.
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- Daniel Wells, "United States Census, 1940"
- Daniel Vorhees Wells, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Daniel V Wells, "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.
1897 · Beginnings of Kmart
Detroit was the home of the second dime and nickel stores that S. S. Kresge owned. After two years with John McCrory, his partner, he traded his share in the Memphis store, plus $3,000, for full ownership of the Detroit store and formed the Kresge & Wilson Company with his brother-in-law, Charles J. Wilson. In 1962, the S. S. Kresge Company would rebrand and change their name to Kmart.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Wells next the Sea (Norfolk) or Wells (Somerset), both named with the plural of Old English wella ‘spring, stream’, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a group of springs or streams.
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Dupuis ‘from the well’.
History: One of numerous early immigrants from England bearing this name was Thomas Welles, governor of colonial CT, who was in Hartford, CT, by 1636.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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