When Robert Emil Maass Jr was born on 12 July 1911, in East Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States, his father, Robert Emil Maass, was 27 and his mother, Margaret McNair Christie, was 28. He married Margaret Quinnam on 14 February 1932, in Arrowsic, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States. He lived in Woolwich, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States in 1940 and California, United States in 1972. He died on 5 September 1996, in Fallbrook, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Anaheim, Orange, California, United States.
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Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
A strike led by silk mill workers in Paterson, New Jersey. The primary demands of the strike were focused on improved quality of working conditions and establishing an eight-hour workday limit. Two protestors were killed during the strike, and over 1,850 workers were arrested. The strike ultimately ended in failure, due to the manufacturers' inability to accept the demands of the strikes.
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Gerhard, Hans, Kurt, Manfred, Otto, Claus, Dieter, Erwin, Hedwig, Helmut, Inge.
Dutch and North German: variant of Maas .
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