Brief Life History of Alfred
When Alfred Henrickson was born on 21 May 1883, in Benona Township, Oceana, Michigan, United States, his father, Henrik Johanneson Henrikson, was 41 and his mother, Rakel Helle Marie Anderson, was 26. He married Charlotte Eunice Burke on 14 June 1911, in Benona Township, Oceana, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 5 January 1948, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, Oakland, Michigan, United States.
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- Alfred Hendrickson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Alfred Henrickson, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Alfred Henrickson, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1884 · Largest Island Park in the Nation
Belle Isle Park is a 982-acre island park in the Detroit River between Michigan and Ontario. Belle Isle is the largest city-owned island park in the United States, and it is connected to mainland Detroit by the MacArthur Bridge. It's home to the Belle Isle Aquarium, the Belle Isle Conservatory, the Belle Isle Nature Center, the Detroit Boat Club, the James Scott Memorial Fountain, the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, a municipal golf course, a half-mile swimming beach, and numerous monuments.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Swedish patronymic Henriksson (see Henrikson ) or of its Danish, Norwegian, and North German cognates (see Henricksen ). Compare Hendrickson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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