Brief Life History of Claus
When Claus Pol was born on 18 February 1902, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, Jacob Pol, was 30 and his mother, Imtje "Emma" Hoveling, was 28. He married Winifred Bottema on 27 June 1928, in Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He died on 25 December 1974, in Evergreen Park, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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- Klaas in household of Jacob Poll, "United States Census, 1910"
- Klaas Or Claus Pol, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949"
- Claus H Pol, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"
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1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
1905 · The Industrial Workers of the World
The Industrial Workers of the World was founded after a convention was held by radical trade unionists from all over the United States who opposed the policies of the American Federation of Labor. The IWW opposed the American Federation of Labor's acceptance of capitalism and its refusal to include unskilled workers in craft unions. The convention took place on June 24 and was referred by the workers as the Industrial Congress or the Industrial Union Convention. The IWW aimed to promote worker solidarity in the revolutionary struggle to overthrow the employing class.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Guillermo, Manuel, Jose, Juan, Rafael, Abelardo, Adolfo, Ana, Angel, Beatriz, Fernando, Gilberto.
Catalan and French (mainly northern, also Occitan): from the personal name Pol, equivalent to Paul .
Dutch and North German: topographic name for someone who lived by a grassy mound, from Middle Dutch pol ‘tussock’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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