When Harvey Jay Linsner was born on 8 October 1881, in Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, United States, his father, John Henry Linsner, was 36 and his mother, Anna Elliott, was 24. He married Loretta Holbrock on 3 September 1910, in Butler, Ohio, United States. He lived in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States in 1920 and Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States in 1930. He died on 3 April 1947, at the age of 65, and was buried in Saint Stephen Cemetery, Hamilton, Butler, Ohio, United States.
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A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
"The Bagley Memorial Fountain was erected in 1887 with funds from the estate of John Judson Bagley. Bagley's will ordered the construction of the drinking fountain which would provide the people of Detroit ""water cold and pure as the coldest mountain stream."" H.H. Richards was the architect for the Romanesque-style, pink granite, lionhead fountain. It is engraved with the words, ""TESTAMENTARY GIFT FOR THE PEOPLE FROM JOHN JUDSON BAGLEY A.D. MDCCCLXXXVII""."
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Fritz, Erwin, Hans, Heinz, Horst, Otto, Erna, Frieda, Klaus, Manfred, Reinhold.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from any of numerous places called Lindenau, Linde, Linden, or Linda.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Linde ‘lime tree’ + the agent suffix -ner.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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