Brief Life History of Jacob J
When Jacob J Grimm was born on 17 January 1846, in Grabenstätt, Traunstein, Bavaria, Germany, his father, Heinrich Grimm, was 28 and his mother, Catharina Bohn, was 21. He married Agnesia Daut in August 1871, in Carlsberg, Frankenthal, Bavaria, Germany. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Bavaria, Germany in 1846 and Rexburg, Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1900. He died on 4 July 1927, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Jacob Grimm in household of John Grimm, "United States Census, 1900"
- Jacob Grimm, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
- Jacob Grimm, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1852 · The Book of Mormon Published in German
On May 25, 1852, the Book of Mormon is published in German.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
Name Meaning
German and Swiss German: nickname for a dour and forbidding individual, from Old High German grim ‘stern, severe’.
German and Swiss German: from an ancient Germanic personal name from grīma ‘mask, helmet’. This surname (in any of the possible senses; see also 1 above) is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
English: from Middle English grim ‘fierce, grim’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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