Brief Life History of Herbert Clark
When President Herbert Clark Hoover was born on 10 August 1874, in West Branch, Cedar, Iowa, United States, his father, Jesse Clark Hoover, was 27 and his mother, Hulda Randall Minthorn, was 26. He married Lou Henry on 10 February 1899, in Monterey, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Washington, District of Columbia, United States in 1930 and Palo Alto Judicial Township, Santa Clara, California, United States for about 5 years. In 1928, at the age of 54, his occupation is listed as elected 31st president of the united states. He died on 20 October 1964, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in West Branch, Cedar, Iowa, United States.
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- Herbert Hoover in household of Jesse C. Hoover, "United States Census, 1880"
- Herbert C. Hoover, "Iowa, Births and Christenings, 1830-1950"
- Herbert C. Hoover, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1887 · Monotype Type-Casting Machine
June 7, 1887, Tolbert Lanston patented his Monotype machine. It typed individual characters instead of lines like the Linotype machine.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Swiss German and German Huber .
Americanized form of Finnish Huovinen: from huovi ‘soldier, horseman’ + the surname suffix -nen.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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