Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA
Notizen:
Wikipedia 2017:
Aberdeen is a city in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 16,896 at the 2010 census. The city is the economic center of Grays Harbor County, bordering the cities of Hoquiam and Cosmopolis. Aberdeen is called the "Gateway to the Olympic Peninsula".
History:
Aberdeen was named for a local salmon cannery to reflect its Scottish fishing port namesake of Aberdeen and because it too is also situated at the mouth of two rivers like its namesake in Scotland which is between the rivers 'Don' at the north and the river 'Dee' to the south side of the Scottish city.
Aberdeen was founded by Samuel Benn in 1884 and incorporated on May 12, 1890. Although it became the largest and best-known city in Grays Harbor, Aberdeen lagged behind nearby Hoquiam and Cosmopolis in the early years. When A.J. West built the town's first sawmill in 1894, the other two municipalities had been in business for several years. Aberdeen and its neighbors vied to be the terminus for Northern Pacific Railroad, but instead of ending at one of the established mill towns, the railroad skimmed through Cosmopolis and headed west for Ocosta. Hoquiam and Aberdeen citizens together built a spur; and in 1895, the line connected Northern Pacific tracks to Aberdeen.
By 1900, Aberdeen had many saloons, whorehouses, and gambling establishments populating the area. Aberdeen was nicknamed "The Hellhole of the Pacific", or "The Port of Missing Men", because of its high murder rate. One notable resident was Billy Gohl, known locally as Billy "Ghoul", who was rumored to have killed at least 140 men. Gohl was convicted of two murders.
During the Great Depression, Aberdeen was hit hard, reducing the number of major sawmills from 37 to 9. The timber industry continued to boom, but by the late 1970s most of the timber had been logged. Most of the mills were closing down by the 1970s and 1980s.
Aberdeen is also the home port of the tall ship Lady Washington, a reproduction of a smaller vessel used by the explorer Captain Robert Gray, featured in the Pirates of the Caribbean film The Curse of the Black Pearl.
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Nachname, Taufnamen | Geburt | Personen-Kennung | ||
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1 | Schweitzer, Joseph Nicholas Jr. | 30 Jun 1911 | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA | I91822 |
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Nachname, Taufnamen | Tod | Personen-Kennung | ||
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1 | Steinhoff, Mary Alma | 18 Apr 1992 | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA | I183579 |
2 | Standley, Earl | Jul 1976 | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA | I34510 |
3 | Schweitzer, Joseph Nicholas Jr. | 14 Sep 1999 | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA | I91822 |
4 | Leiden, Helen Esther | 1 Nov 2011 | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA | I91827 |
5 | Krause, Louisa | Nov 1968 | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA | I232663 |
6 | Horning, Theodore | Aug 1983 | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA | I100140 |
7 | Horning, Rosina | 10 Feb 1994 | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA | I100133 |
8 | Horning, Jacob | 15 Mrz 1972 | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA | I100138 |
9 | Hieb, Emma | 5 Sep 1985 | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA | I18372 |
10 | Ferguson, Margaret Alice | 16 Okt 1965 | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA | I183557 |
11 | Dutt, Rosina | 11 Okt 1958 | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA | I87361 |
12 | Dutt, David Ernest | 14 Mrz 1976 | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA | I100129 |
13 | Delorme, Anthony J. | Sep 1974 | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA | I183581 |
14 | Cole, Charles | 6 Okt 1975 | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA | I100135 |
15 | Bieber, Fred I. | 30 Aug 1930 | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA | I100170 |
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Nachname, Taufnamen | Beerdigung | Personen-Kennung | ||
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1 | Horning, John J. | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA | I100136 | |
2 | Horning, Jacob | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA | I100138 | |
3 | Dutt, Rosina | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA | I87361 | |
4 | Bieber, Fred I. | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA | I100170 |
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Familie | Eheschließung | Familien-Kennung | ||
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1 | Hunt / Kercher | 8 Nov 1941 | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA | F28996 |