Brief Life History of Arthur Walter
When Arthur Walter Magsig was born on 7 August 1901, in Olive Township, Clinton, Michigan, United States, his father, Friedrich Anton Otto Magsig, was 43 and his mother, Catherine Neller, was 38. He had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Blanche Elizabeth Coleman. He died in 1962, in Michigan, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in DeWitt, Clinton, Michigan, United States.
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- Arthur W Magsig, "United States 1950 Census"
- Arthur Walter Wagsig, "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917"
- Arthur Walter Magsig, "Find A Grave Index"
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1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
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."
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
Of Celtic origin. King Arthur was a British king of the 5th or 6th century, about whom virtually no historical facts are known. He ruled in Britain after the collapse of the Roman Empire and before the coming of the Germanic tribes, and a vast body of legends grew up around him in the literatures of medieval Western Europe. His name is first found in the Latinized form Artorius; it is of obscure etymology. The spelling with -th- was popular among the gentry families of West Yorkshire in the late 1400s, even before Henry VII , who may have hoped to capitalize on the legend, gave the name to his son. It remained in regular use in some areas and its popularity exploded in the early 19th century, largely as a result of the fame of Arthur Wellesley ( 1769–1852 ), Duke of Wellington, the victor at the Battle of Waterloo and subsequently prime minister. Further influences were Tennyson's Idylls of the King ( 1859–85 ), and the widespread Victorian interest, especially among the Pre-Raphaelites, in things medieval in general and in Arthurian legend in particular.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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