Brief Life History of Frederick Rodgers
When Frederick Rodgers Kempff was born on 1 April 1880, in California, United States, his father, Admiral Louis Kempff, was 38 and his mother, Cornelia Reese Selby, was 31. He married Helen Thuryle Kretzer on 30 January 1920, in San Francisco, California, United States. He lived in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States for about 10 years and Harris, Texas, United States in 1950. He died on 19 September 1959, in Hempstead, Waller, Texas, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Earthman Resthaven Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States.
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- Frederick R Kempff, "United States 1950 Census"
- Frederick R. Kempff, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Frederick Rodgers Kempff, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
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German and Danish: variant of Kämpf (see Kampf ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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