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Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA



 


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Wikipedia 2015:

Minneapolis, officially the City of Minneapolis, is the county seat of Hennepin County, and larger of the Twin Cities, the 14th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, containing approximately 3.8 million residents. As of 2013, Minneapolis is the largest city in the state of Minnesota and 46th-largest in the United States with 400,070 residents. Minneapolis and Saint Paul anchor the second-largest economic center in the American Midwest, behind Chicago.

Minneapolis lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, the state's capital. The city is abundantly rich in water, with twenty lakes and wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls, many connected by parkways in the Chain of Lakes and the Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway. It was once the world's flour milling capital and a hub for timber, and today is the primary business center between Chicago and Seattle, with Minneapolis proper containing America's fifth-highest concentration of Fortune 500 companies. As an integral link to the global economy, Minneapolis is categorized as a global city.

Minneapolis' name is attributed to the city's first schoolteacher who combined mni, a Dakota Sioux word for water, and polis, the Greek word for city.

History:

Dakota Sioux were the region's sole residents until French explorers arrived around 1680. Nearby Fort Snelling, built in 1819 by the United States Army, spurred growth in the area. The United States government pressed the Mdewakanton band of the Dakota to sell their land, allowing people arriving from the east to settle there. The Minnesota Territorial Legislature authorized present-day Minneapolis as a town on the Mississippi's west bank in 1856. Minneapolis incorporated as a city in 1867, the year rail service began between Minneapolis and Chicago. It later joined with the east-bank city of St. Anthony in 1872.

Minneapolis grew up around Saint Anthony Falls, the highest waterfall on the Mississippi. In early years, forests in northern Minnesota were the source of a lumber industry that operated seventeen sawmills on power from the waterfall. By 1871, the west river bank had twenty-three businesses including flour mills, woolen mills, iron works, a railroad machine shop, and mills for cotton, paper, sashes, and planing wood. Due to occupational hazards of milling, six local sources of artificial limbs were competing in the prosthetics business by the 1890s. The farmers of the Great Plains grew grain that was shipped by rail to the city's thirty-four flour mills. Millers have used hydropower elsewhere since the 1st century B.C., but the results in Minneapolis between 1880 and 1930 were so remarkable the city has been described as "the greatest direct-drive waterpower center the world has ever seen."

A father of modern milling in America and founder of what became General Mills, Cadwallader C. Washburn converted his business from gristmills to truly revolutionary technology including "gradual reduction" processing by steel and porcelain roller mills which were capable of producing premium-quality pure white flour very quickly. Some ideas were developed by William Dixon Gray and some through industrial espionage from the Hungarians by William de la Barre. Charles A. Pillsbury and C.A. Pillsbury Company across the river were barely a step behind, hiring Washburn employees to immediately implement the new methods. The hard red spring wheat that grows in Minnesota became valuable ($.50 profit per barrel in 1871 increased to $4.50 in 1874) and Minnesota "patent" flour was recognized at the time as the best in the world. Not until later did consumers discover the value in the bran (which contains wheat's vitamins, minerals and fiber) that "Minneapolis... millers routinely dumped" into the Mississippi. Millers cultivated relationships with academic scientists especially at the University of Minnesota. Those scientists backed them politically on many issues, for example during the early 20th century, when health advocates in the nascent field of nutrition criticized the flour "bleaching" process. At peak production, a single mill at Washburn-Crosby made enough flour for 12 million loaves of bread each day. By 1900, 14.1 percent of America's grain was milled in Minneapolis.

Known initially as a kindly physician, Doc Ames headed the city into corruption during four terms as mayor just before 1900. The gangster Kid Cann was famous for bribery and intimidation during the 1930s and 1940s. The city made dramatic changes to rectify discrimination as early as 1886 when Martha Ripley founded Maternity Hospital for both married and unmarried mothers. When the country's fortunes turned during the Great Depression, the violent Teamsters Strike of 1934 resulted in laws acknowledging workers' rights. A lifelong civil rights activist and union supporter, mayor Hubert Humphrey helped the city establish fair employment practices and a human relations council that interceded on behalf of minorities by 1946. In the 1950s, about 1.6% of the population of Minneapolis was nonwhite. Minneapolis contended with white supremacy, participated in desegregation and the African-American civil rights movement, and in 1968 was the birthplace of the American Indian Movement.

Minneapolis was a "particularly virulent" site of anti-semitism until 1950. A hate group recruited members in the city and held meetings there around 1936 to 1938. The Jewish Free Employment Bureau tried to help victims of economic discrimination with limited success. Formed in 1948, the nonsectarian Mount Sinai Hospital was a place where Jewish physicians and health professionals could practice.

During the 1950s and 1960s, as part of urban renewal, the city razed about 200 buildings across 25 city blocks (roughly 40% of downtown), destroying the Gateway District and many buildings with notable architecture including the Metropolitan Building. Efforts to save the building failed but are credited with sparking interest in historic preservation in the state.

Ort : Geographische Breite: 44.9796556, Geographische Länge: -93.2668877


Geburt

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Geburt    Personen-Kennung 
1 Weyrauch, Roland Aaron  16 Jul 1905Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I94968
2 Scott, Mildred  20 Jan 1886Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I47634
3 Rogers, Geneieve Ingrid  11 Okt 1936Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I30983
4 Raskob, Mary  23 Nov 1890Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I239466
5 Moore, Dorothy Louise  6 Feb 1928Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I94928
6 Johnson, Axel R.  10 Apr 1914Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I190645
7 Johnson, Arelene Thora  30 Aug 1913Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I101322
8 Hondo, Paul Arthur  6 Jul 1910Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I39902
9 Hieb, Anthony J.  22 Jun 1921Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I84317
10 Faul, James Oliver  17 Mai 1930Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I200545
11 Faul, Allen William  29 Jan 1930Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I170354
12 Eastman, Carl John  20 Okt 1915Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I136284
13 Dahl, Agnes Beatrice  26 Jan 1915Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I12374
14 Bowersox, Virginia Miriam  22 Aug 1901Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I165539
15 Boozier, Marlyn J.  27 Feb 1914Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I17678

Tod

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Tod    Personen-Kennung 
1 Zimbelman, Andrew Peter  13 Aug 1965Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I3146
2 Woehl, Theodore  10 Aug 1953Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I79912
3 Weyrauch, Roland Aaron  2 Jan 2000Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I94968
4 Weight, Verna Gene  30 Aug 1971Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I30285
5 Vilhauer, George  27 Mrz 1978Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I110186
6 Veil, Todd Allen  25 Okt 2002Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I111635
7 Trautmann, Katharina  26 Feb 1984Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I131992
8 Strand, Clarence S.  11 Feb 1970Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I39893
9 Stoller, Theodore  12 Feb 1996Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I222202
10 Schnaible, Johann  24 Dez 1947Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I87426
11 Schnaible, Georg Friedrich  1935Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I87454
12 Schmierer, Reuben Herman  1 Nov 1986Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I86661
13 Schmierer, Louise - wife of  Mrz 1984Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I89039
14 Scheribel, Edward John  6 Aug 1964Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I192691
15 Schauer, Alexander Rube John  15 Apr 1957Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I62537
16 Russell, Robert Paul  31 Jul 2001Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I271270
17 Ries, Marcella Margaret  22 Feb 2006Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I149991
18 Reiner, Glen Alvin  28 Feb 1989Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I98667
19 Quenzer, Clara  28 Sep 1974Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I8622
20 Pfennig, Marlene Rose  13 Sep 2001Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I95460
21 Otto, Gustave  3 Dez 1997Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I116873
22 Ochsner, Carl  vor 1990Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I8498
23 Ochsner, Calvin  10 Sep 1971Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I8361
24 Mützel, Wilhelm  6 Aug 1979Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I131996
25 Mützel, Jakob  23 Jan 1967Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I131991
26 Moser, John Christian Wilhelm  29 Jun 1976Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I108874
27 Morrison, Charles Lindbergh  31 Jul 2000Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I119995
28 Moe, Martha  26 Jun 1921Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I245855
29 Mauch, Frieda Ernestine  18 Jan 2004Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I39901
30 Martel, Louisa  20 Aug 1942Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I90879
31 Lucas, Leander William  4 Okt 2010Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I149992
32 Lindstrom, Forrest A.  18 Jul 1969Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I246934
33 Krein, Martha Magdalina  17 Dez 1995Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I75343
34 Konzen, Mayme E.  23 Nov 1995Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I149157
35 Kirschenmann, Solomon  7 Okt 1970Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I98046
36 Kirmis, Christopher Harold  8 Jun 1974Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I29687
37 Ketterling, Edward Georg  20 Mrz 1970Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I145122
38 Kessler, Herbert Georg  6 Nov 1987Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I39900
39 Kayser, Erwin William  18 Jul 1977Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I87890
40 Kappes, Edna  2 Jun 1979Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I95157
41 Kallenberger, Vernon Clyde  2 Jun 1966Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I7816
42 Just, Adam Karl  17 Mai 1965Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I58675
43 Jankala, Alma Eliina  25 Sep 1958Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I87423
44 Huber, Maynard  16 Mrz 1973Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I85355
45 Hondo, Paul Arthur  26 Apr 1976Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I39902
46 Hofmann, Rosina  10 Okt 1978Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I85136
47 Hoffer, Edwin  30 Aug 1980Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I157183
48 Hoff, Michael  14 Nov 1985Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I125521
49 Hieb, Raymond  12 Feb 1973Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I92879
50 Hieb, Karolina  20 Mai 1985Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I63479

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Beerdigung

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Beerdigung    Personen-Kennung 
1 Vossberg, Henry August  Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I76171
2 Sander, Grace E.  Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I246935
3 Monson, Arthur Oly  9 Okt 2006Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I94927
4 Hertz, Dora  14 Okt 2000Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I94921
5 Halland, Lyle Jerome  20 Nov 2004Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I94924
6 Frey, Hilbert Rueben  18 Jan 2005Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I97070
7 Carpenter, Lyle Frederick  Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I147659
8 Carpenter, Dean Curtis  Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I147665
9 Carpenter, Adeline May - wife of  Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I147660
10 Bowersox, Virginia Miriam  Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I165539
11 Bowersox, Louis Howard  Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I165533
12 Bich, Esther Ann  Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I76170
13 Beierle, Leoma Lilly  13 Mrz 2003Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA I94967

Eheschließung

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   Familie    Eheschließung    Familien-Kennung 
1 Wiest / Johnson  10 Feb 1948Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA F31596
2 Ulmer / Mahler  3 Sep 1949Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA F11400
3 Suppan / Schaefer  1 Okt 1949Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA F11511
4 Rodine / Malmberg  24 Okt 1917Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA F28179
5 Raskob / Orth  1882Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA F83161
6 Perlenfein / Rogers  7 Feb 1959Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA F10484
7 Herman / Johnson  25 Okt 1947Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA F38449
8 Helene / Mauch  1956Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA F13304
9 Hall / Weight  9 Feb 1954Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA F10281
10 Graf / Preszler  15 Okt 1919Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA F80933