When Henry George Gein was born on 17 January 1901, in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States, his father, George Philip Gein, was 27 and his mother, Augusta Wilhelmina Lehrke, was 22. He died on 16 May 1944, in Plainfield, Waushara, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Plainfield Cemetery, Plainfield, Waushara, Wisconsin, United States.
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A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
The maximum hours for children to work were set to 55 per week.
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
English: variant of Jean .
German: possibly from a Celtic root or from a short form of Heinrich (see Henry ) or Johannes (see John ).
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