Brief Life History of Nicholas
When Nicholas Wallet was born on 6 August 1886, in Bulgăruş, Torontál, Hungary, his father, Matheas Wallet, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Gerger, was 36. He married Rose Kirschner Wild Wallet on 5 November 1914, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Detroit Ward 20, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1920 and Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1930. He died on 16 April 1936, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
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- Nick Wallet, "United States Census, 1920"
- Nicholas Wallett, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Nicholas Wallett, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1887 · The Bagley Memorial Fountain
The Bagley Memorial Fountain was erected in 1887 with funds from the estate of John Judson Bagley. Bagley's will ordered the construction of the drinking fountain which would provide the people of Detroit "water cold and pure as the coldest mountain stream." H.H. Richards was the architect for the Romanesque-style, pink granite, lionhead fountain. It is engraved with the words, "TESTAMENTARY GIFT FOR THE PEOPLE FROM JOHN JUDSON BAGLEY A.D. MDCCCLXXXVII".
1889 · The first Skyscraper in Detroit
The Hammond Building was a high-rise building completed in 1889 and was 151 feet tall. It's considered the first skyscraper in the city and was the tallest in Michigan after it was built. The Hammond Building was demolished in 1956 to make way for the National Bank of Detroit Building.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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English, Scottish: see Wallett .
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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