Brief Life History of William Brinton
When William Brinton Groce was born on 30 March 1878, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Ferdinand H Groce, was 35 and his mother, Henrietta F "Etta" Busser, was 27. He married Leona C Myers on 12 October 1930, in San Francisco, California, United States. He lived in Sausalito, Marin, California, United States in 1935 and San Rafael Judicial Township, Marin, California, United States in 1940. He died on 19 August 1960, in Marin, California, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in San Rafael, Marin, California, United States.
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- Willie B. Groce, "United States Census, 1880"
- William Brinton Groce, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
- William B Groce, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1905 · The Movie Theater
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
Name Meaning
English (Cornwall, of Norman origin): variant of Gross .
Altered form of German Gross .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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