Brief Life History of Henry William
When Henry William Brockman was born on 1 January 1896, in Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States, his father, Henry Heinrich Dietr Brockman, was 31 and his mother, Martha Campaign, was 25. He married Dorothy Meta Meyer on 9 April 1924, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Joliet Township, Platte, Nebraska, United States in 1930 and Cedar Township, Nance, Nebraska, United States in 1940. He died on 16 March 1982, in Fullerton, Nance, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Columbus, Platte, Nebraska, United States.
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- Henry Brockman, "United States Census, 1940"
- Henry Brockman, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Henry William Brockman, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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.
1901 · City Hall Built
The Old Colorado Springs city Hall was built between 1901-1905. It was in use until 1997. The historical building was designed by Thomas Barber and Thomas MacLaren.
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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English (Kent): variant of Brookman , a topographic name for someone who lived by a brook or stream (see Brook 1).
Americanized form of Jewish (from Poland) Brokman: occupational name, an agent form based on the Yiddish verb brokn ‘to crumble, shred’.
Americanized form of German Brockmann .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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