Brief Life History of Paul William
When Paul William Boettcher was born on 6 December 1899, in Palmyra, Marion, Missouri, United States, his father, Johann Heinrich Boettcher, was 31 and his mother, Lydia Alberta Himmel, was 29. He died on 4 December 1901, at the age of 1, and was buried in Palmyra, Marion, Missouri, United States.
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- Paul Boettcher, "Find A Grave Index"
World Events (4)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome
A law that established government on the island of Puerto Rico and gave all Puerto Ricans citizenship. This law was replaced by the Jones–Shafroth Act in 1917.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Horst, Gerhard, Hans, Kurt, Otto, Erwin, Fritz, Helmuth, Juergen, Klaus, Siegfried, Armin.
German (mainly Böttcher): occupational name for a cooper, from Middle High German botecher, bötticher, bütticher, an agent derivative of botech(e), bottich, bütte ‘vat, barrel’. See also Binder , Buettner , and Schaeffler , compare Bottcher .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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