Brief Life History of Joseph Peter
When Joseph Peter Bischoff was born on 22 October 1872, in Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, Jacob Bischoff, was 35 and his mother, Maria Jensdatter, was 30. He married Ellenora Christiana Olsen on 2 September 1902, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Woodville, Bingham, Idaho, United States for about 10 years and Woodville Election Precinct, Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 14 June 1950, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.
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- Joseph P Bischoff, "United States 1950 Census"
- Joseph P Bischoff, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Joseph Peter Bischoff, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1938-1961"
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World Events (8)
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.
1890
Idaho is the 43rd state.
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
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Erwin, Bernhard, Hans, Klaus, Lorenz, Alois, Armin, Arno, Dieter, Fritz.
German: from Middle High German bischof, Middle Low German bischop ‘bishop’, probably applied as a nickname for someone with a pompous manner or as a metonymic occupational name for someone in the service of a bishop. See also Bishop .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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JACOB AND MARIE BISCHOFF
JACOB BISCHOFF AND MARIE JENSEN Jacob was the youngest of four children born to Jacob August Bischoff and Ane Jorgensen. Marie was the seventh of twelve children born to Jens Larsen and Karen Sophi …
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