Brief Life History of Bertrand Besemer
When Bertrand Besemer Arent was born on 24 August 1918, in Coloma, Berrien, Michigan, United States, his father, Irving Arent, was 35 and his mother, Christiana Barbara Besemer, was 33. He married Viola June Cowgill on 5 February 1945, in Coloma, Berrien, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Coloma Township, Berrien, Michigan, United States for about 10 years. He died on 12 February 2007, in Niles, Berrien, Michigan, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Berrien, Michigan, United States.
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- Birtrand Arent, "United States Census, 1950"
- Bertrand Arent mentioned in obituary for his son Ron, “United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Bertrans Besemer Arent, "Michigan, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
Name Meaning
German: variant of Arendt and, in North America, probably also an altered form of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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