When Emma Baas was born on 7 April 1892, in Clam Union Township, Missaukee, Michigan, United States, her father, Klaas Baas, was 31 and her mother, Jantje "Jennie" Boven, was 27. She married Henry Bolt on 5 March 1912, in Lake City, Missaukee, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 7 February 1970, in Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Clam Union Township, Missaukee, Michigan, United States.
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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.
"Henry Ford built his first gasoline-powered vehicle, named the Quadricycle, in 1896, at his home in Detroit. Ford sold the Quadricycle for $200 and used the money to build a second car. In 1901, Ford raced his car ""Sweepstakes"" against Alexander Winton and won. The victory resulted in publicity for Ford which allowed him to gain investors for his new company, Ford Motor Company. The first Model A was sold on July 23, 1903, and the company was incorporated on November 13, 1903."
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Dutch and North German: occupational name from Dutch and Low German baas ‘master, overseer, boss’, or a nickname of somebody behaving like one.
German and Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Sebastian (Dutch Sebastiaan).
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