Brief Life History of Orrin
When Orrin Sterken was born on 7 February 1888, in Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands, his father, Warner Sterken, was 49 and his mother, Geertje Blok, was 37. He married Amber L. Pickard on 25 November 1908, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Lowell, Kent, Michigan, United States for about 20 years and Lowell, Lowell, Kent, Michigan, United States in 1940. He died on 8 May 1968, in Michigan, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Lowell, Kent, Michigan, United States.
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Sources (16)
- Orie Sterken in household of William Sterken, "United States Census, 1900"
- Orrin Sterkens, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Orrin Sterken, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1890
Death by suicide of van Gogh.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
Name Meaning
Dutch: patronymic from De Sterke or Sterke, a nickname for a strong person, from sterk ‘strong’.
South German (Bavaria): nickname for a short person, from a dialect word meaning ‘stalk, stub, stump’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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