Brief Life History of Donald John
When Donald John Boes was born on 9 December 1917, in Michigan, United States, his father, Eli D Boes, was 32 and his mother, Grietje Gertrude de Roo, was 31. He lived in Wayland, Allegan, Michigan, United States in 2000. He died on 5 May 2002, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States.
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- Donald Boes in household of Eli Boes, "United States Census, 1920"
- Donald John Boes, "Find A Grave Index"
- Donald Boes, "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006"
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World Events (8)
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Klaus, Erna, Erwin, Frieda, Inge, Kurt, Otto.
German (mainly Böse): from Middle High German bœse, bōse ‘bad, evil; worthless’, later ‘furious, angry’, possibly a nickname for someone with angry or grim looks. Compare Bose .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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