Brief Life History of Joseph L.
Joseph L. Joret was born on 3 October 1871, in Belgium. He married Mary Ellen Genevieve Marxen on 20 October 1908, in Hopkins, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Minnetonka, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States for about 20 years and Hopkins, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States in 1940. He died on 2 May 1957, in Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Saint Margaret Cemetery, Minnetonka, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.
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- Joseph Joet, "United States Census, 1930"
- Josef Joret, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
- Joseph, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
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World Events (8)
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1884 · Iron Mining starts in Minnesota
After discovering iron ore in the Vermilion Range in North-East of Minnesota, iron mining companies began to come to the area and caused an economic boom to the area of Duluth and to the state as a whole.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Alain, Alcide, Antoine, Camille, Emile, Anatole, Armand, Chantal, Clemile, Clovis, Gillis.
French (Forêt): variant of Forest ‘forest’ and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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