Brief Life History of Frederick Arthur
When Frederick Arthur Berlin was born on 12 April 1887, in Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, Andrew Emanuel Berlin, was 37 and his mother, Mary Fredrika Bjorkholm, was 34. He married Wilmina McFarland on 31 October 1917, in Weber, Utah, United States. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 4 August 1976, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Fred A Berlin, "United States 1950 Census"
- Fred W Berlin, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Fred A Berlin, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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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.
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.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
Jewish (Ashkenazic) and German: habitational name from the city of Berlin, capital of Germany. This city takes its name from a West Slavic word meaning ‘river rake’, a scaffold of beams built over a river to prevent logs from jamming; the river in question is the Spree. Folk etymology, however, has put a bear into the arms of the city, as if the name were derived from Bärlin, a diminutive of Bär ‘bear’. The German name is also found in the Hamburg area, where it may be derived from the village of the same name, but of uncertain origin, in Holstein. In some cases the Jewish name may be a patronymic from a pet form of the Yiddish personal name Ber (see Berenson ), formed with the Slavic possessive suffix -in.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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