101 - Jennie Hoffman Poel - Grand Haven, Michigan USA
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N 43° 03.100 W 086° 14.278
16T E 562059 N 4766834
Centenarian buried in Grand Haven
Waymark Code: WM18Z49
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 10/26/2023
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Jennie Hoffman Poel was born on 9 April 1870 and died on 15 March 1972. She is buried next to her husband in the family plot in Lake Forest Cemetery.
Some of the historic events during her lifetime include:
1870 Women first granted the right to vote in Utah Territory
1880 Construction of the Panama Canal begins
1890 National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) formed
1900 Sigmund Freud publishes The Interpretation of Dreams
1910 Boy Scouts of America incorporated
1920 First Agatha Christie mystery
1930 Nazis gain in German elections
1940 The first official network television broadcast is put out by NBC
1950 Brink's robbery in Boston; almost $3 million stolen
1960 American U-2 spy plane shot down over Russia
Location of Headstone: Lake Forest Cemetery
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