Brief Life History of Heinrich
When Heinrich Bongers was born on 17 March 1868, in Duisburg-Ruhrort II, Duisburg, Rhineland, Prussia, Germany, his father, Peter Heinrich Christian Bongers, was 27 and his mother, Henriette Maria Koenig, was 21. He married Emma Elisabeth Amelia E Langenkamp on 18 March 1896, in Elberfeld, Mettman, Rhineland, Prussia. He lived in Elberfeld, Mettman, Rhineland, Prussia in 1902. He died on 3 July 1948, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 80.
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Sources (6)
- Heinrick Bongers, „United States Census, 1930“
- Henrich Bongers, „California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994“
- Henrich Bongers, „California Death Index, 1940-1997“
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World Events (8)
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1890
Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.
Name Meaning
Dutch (mainly the southeastern Netherlands): variant of Bomgaars .
English: Anglicized form of French Bonjour , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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