Verbis Family

Born: 13 December 1898, Lithuania
Died: 12 July 1975, Grand Rapids, Mi, Kent County
Buried: SS Peter & Paul Cemetery, Verbis Family Plot, Kent, Mi
Father: Dominik Antanas Verbilis*
Mother: Unknown
Spouse: Frances M Burinskas
Sibings: Michael Verbis, Alice (or Antwonette) Verbis
Children: Donald Anthony Verbis, Verna Donna Verbis
Occupation: Plant Foreman

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click on the link below to view historic documents:

-14 June 1913, List of Immigration Passenger Manifest for the Ship Amerika*
….*(Line 5: Antanas Werbilis-Wilua, probably Antanas Verbilis-Vilnius)
-US Population Census Report -1930
-Business Card-1940s

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Current world events from Anthony’s birth year of 1898:

January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island.

February 15 – Spanish-American War: The USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor, Cuba for then unknown reasons killing 266 men. This event helped lead the United States to declare war on Spain.

February 22 – President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.

March 31 – The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated (opens May 6). Contemporary critics regard it aesthetically displeasing

June 12 – Philippine Declaration of Independence

July 7 – The United States annexes the Hawaiian Islands

July 8 – The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published.

November 8 – Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.

November 11 – Washington is admitted as the 42nd U.S. state.

November 15 – Brazil is declared a republic

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