Brief Life History of Philippus Johannes
When Philippus Johannes Mets was born on 5 January 1864, in Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands, his father, Thimotheus Mets, was 35 and his mother, Lijdia Huijsman, was 28. He married Anna May Duke on 11 December 1913, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. He lived in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States for about 30 years and Supervisorial District 2, Pima, Arizona, United States in 1940. He died on 22 April 1950, in Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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- Philip J Mets in household of Timothy Mets, "United States Census, 1880"
- Birth Record nr 1 of Philippus Johannes Mets
- Philip Mets, "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964"
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World Events (8)
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1870 · Municipal Waterworks established
In 1870, Rotterdam Municipal Waterworks opens to improve the quality of drinking water throughout Rotterdam city. The water source was the Rhine river, until 1969.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Cambodian Sarin, Chan, Rin, Sok, Chea, Heng, Hok, Kan, Lim, Man, Pich, Sambath, Samnang, Saroeun, Be, Dam, Hum, Ky, Ly, Nhan, Sophal, Sophan, Sophea, Yen, Vuthy, Chhath, Chhin, Chhon, Oeun, Savath, Sophath, Sovann, Thoeun, Pheng.
Cambodian: written មាស, from a Khmer word meaning e.g. ‘gold’.
Americanized form of German Mies .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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