Brief Life History of John William Friedrich
When John William Friedrich Soelz was born on 11 December 1892, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, his father, Robert Johann Christian Soelz, was 25 and his mother, Martha Mathilde Auguste Topel, was 22. He married Lena Wolf on 18 November 1916, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Detroit Ward 12, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States for about 10 years and Detroit Ward 20, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1920. He died on 13 July 1931, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
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- John F Soelz in household of Robert J Soelz, "United States Census, 1910"
- John Soelz, "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917"
- John Soelz, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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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.
1897 · Beginnings of Kmart
Detroit was the home of the second dime and nickel stores that S. S. Kresge owned. After two years with John McCrory, his partner, he traded his share in the Memphis store, plus $3,000, for full ownership of the Detroit store and formed the Kresge & Wilson Company with his brother-in-law, Charles J. Wilson. In 1962, the S. S. Kresge Company would rebrand and change their name to Kmart.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
German: variant of Geltz .
German (Gölz): habitational name from Göls in Holstein or from either of two places, Göl(t)zscha or Göltzschen, in Saxony.
Germanized form (Gölz) of Sorbian Gólc (see Goltz 2).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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