Brief Life History of Donald Nicholas
When Donald Nicholas Lorenz was born on 22 May 1922, in Beal City, Isabella, Michigan, United States, his father, Henry Theodor Lorenz, was 37 and his mother, Helena "Lena" Wohlscheid, was 32. He married Hilma Maxine Hiffner on 16 November 1942, in Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Mount Pleasant, Mount Pleasant, Isabella, Michigan, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 11 June 2003, in Mount Pleasant, Isabella, Michigan, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in North Star Cemetery, North Star, North Star Township, Gratiot, Michigan, United States.
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- Donald Lorenz, "United States Census, 1940"
- Donald Nicholas Lorenz, "Find A Grave Index"
- Donald N Lorenz, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights
Is a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even though it isn't the 28th Amendment yet, it has started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.
1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Alois, Erwin, Juergen, Dieter, Fritz, Gerhard, Guenter, Helmut, Ilse, Klaus.
German, Dutch, and Spanish: from local forms (German Laurenz, Lorenz, Dutch Laurens, Catalan Llorenç) of the Latin personal name Laurentius (see Lawrence ). This surname is also found in Poland, Czechia, France (Alsace and Lorraine), Sweden, and Denmark. Compare Lorance , Lorence , and Lorentz .
Germanized or Americanized form of Polish, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, and Slovenian Lorenc .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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