Brief Life History of Janet Margaret
When Janet Margaret McLaren was born on 4 January 1893, in Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland, her father, Alexander McLaren, was 37 and her mother, Elizabeth Catharine Rollo, was 36. She married William Amundus Schmidt on 19 April 1916, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in United States in 1949 and Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1950. She died on 28 August 1976, in Pleasant Lake, Henrietta Township, Jackson, Michigan, United States, at the age of 83.
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- Janet M Schmidt, "United States 1950 Census"
- Jeanette M Mclaren, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Janet M Schmidt, "Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996"
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World Events (8)
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.
1903 · Ford Motor Company
"Henry Ford built his first gasoline-powered vehicle, named the Quadricycle, in 1896, at his home in Detroit. Ford sold the Quadricycle for $200 and used the money to build a second car. In 1901, Ford raced his car ""Sweepstakes"" against Alexander Winton and won. The victory resulted in publicity for Ford which allowed him to gain investors for his new company, Ford Motor Company. The first Model A was sold on July 23, 1903, and the company was incorporated on November 13, 1903."
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Labhrainn ‘son of Labhrann’, Gaelic form of the personal name Lawrence .
History: This is the name of a Scottish clan that appears to have two distinct origins. One group traces its ancestry to Laurence (Gaelic Labhrann), Abbot of Balquhidder in Perths in the 13th century. The other group claims a historical association with the island of Tiree in the Hebrides.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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