Brief Life History of Klaas "Claude"
When Klaas "Claude" Alkema was born on 17 November 1874, in Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands, his father, Johannes Alkema, was 37 and his mother, Aaltje Zeilmaker, was 38. He married Aafke Effie Mann on 19 February 1896, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Ogden City Legislative District 2, Ogden City Election Precinct, Weber, Utah, United States in 1940. In 1920, at the age of 46, his occupation is listed as check clerk, soft drink factory in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. He died on 5 January 1941, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Klass Alkema, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Klaus Alhema, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941"
- Claude Alkema, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1889
Weber comes from John Henry Weber, an early fur trader. The university opened for students on January 7, 1889. By the late 1920's, the college was in financial difficulty and the Utah Legislature passed a law allowing the purchase of both Weber College and Snow College from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1954 the college moved from downtown Ogden the southeast bench area of the city where it resides currently.
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.
Name Meaning
West Frisian: patronymic, formed with the suffix -ma ‘(one of the) men of’, from the personal name Alke, a diminutive of Al(e), a short form of an ancient Germanic name based on the element adal ‘noble’. See Alma .
Dutch: habitational name from Alkemade, a former manor in the province of South Holland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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