Brief Life History of August
August Blunk was born on 16 October 1848, in Prussia as the son of Wm. Blunk and Mary Gardner. He married Augusta Griebling about 1872, in Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1880. He died on 6 March 1900, in Redford, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Plymouth, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
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- August Blanc, "United States Census, 1880"
- August F. Blunk, "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"
- August Blank, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1854 · Creation of the Republican Party
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · The Railroad Refrigerator Car
During the mid-19th century, attempts were made to ship perishable products by rail. The Western Railroad of Massachusetts was the first to experiment with the concept, but it was only functional in cold weather. In 1868, William Davis, of Detroit, patented a refrigerator car that used a frozen mixture of ice and salt to keep everything cold for shipment. It could be used in all weather and in all seasons. He sold the design to George H. Hammond, a Detroit meat packer, who built a set of cars to transport his products to Boston using ice from the Great Lakes for cooling.
Name Meaning
German: habitational name from a place called Blunk, near Segeberg (Schleswig-Holstein).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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