McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA
Notizen:
Wikipedia 2017:
McMinnville is the county seat and largest city of Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. According to Oregon Geographic Names, it was named by its founder, William T. Newby (1820–1884), an early immigrant on the Oregon Trail, for his hometown of McMinnville, Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 32,187.
McMinnville is at the confluence of the North and South Forks of the Yamhill River in the Willamette Valley. The city is home to Oregon Mutual Insurance Company, Linfield College, Cascade Steel, a (Schnitzer Steel Industries company), Organic Valley creamery, Wings and Waves Waterpark, Joe Dancer Park, and Evergreen Aviation Museum home of Howard Hughes' famed Spruce Goose flying boat.
Histoty:
Town founder William T. Newby joined the Great Migration of 1843, later claiming land in 1844 on the present site of McMinnville in what was known as the Oregon Country. He built a grist mill in 1853 at what would become the west end of Third Street. On May 5, 1856[7] Newby platted a town and named it after his hometown of McMinnville, Tennessee. Newby would later make a substantial donation of land for the founding of an institution of higher learning in the town, originally called McMinnville College but known today as Linfield College.
McMinnville was incorporated as a town in 1876 and became a city in 1882. County residents voted to move the county seat of Yamhill County from Lafayette to McMinnville in 1886
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Nachname, Taufnamen | Tod | Personen-Kennung | ||
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1 | Bussey, Laura Eleanor | 9 Mrz 2006 | McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA | I92524 |
2 | Hieb, Alfred | 12 Jul 1998 | McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA | I74998 |
3 | Hudson, Bessie Lloyd | 21 Okt 1995 | McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA | I8849 |
4 | Isaak, Gotthilf August | 19 Jul 1937 | McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA | I159166 |
5 | Kroll, Ervin E. | 24 Jan 1999 | McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA | I120671 |
6 | Kroll, Raymond R. | 31 Jan 1986 | McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA | I120672 |
7 | Lehr, Anna | 6 Jun 1977 | McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA | I120670 |
8 | Schiermeister, Tobea | 9 Jan 2004 | McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA | I152120 |
9 | Stoebner, Orina | 22 Jan 2004 | McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA | I74999 |
10 | Ulmer, Verna Eunice | 19 Jul 2014 | McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA | I8722 |
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Familie | Eheschließung | Familien-Kennung | ||
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1 | Gilfillan / Hirning | 24 Aug 1955 | McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA | F36106 |
2 | Gregson / Hay | 7 Feb 1958 | McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA | F10138 |