Verbis Family

Born: 1892, Vilnius, Lithuania
Died: 12 July 1963, Grand Rapids, Mi, Kent County
Buried: Hopewell, Virginia
Father: Dominik Antanas Verbilis*
Mother: Unknown
Siblings: Anthony Verbis, Alice Verbis
Spouse: Helen (Unknown)
Children: Dolly Verbis, Ruth Verbis
Occupation: Mechanic
Geography: Lived in: Lithuania, New York, Illinois, Michigan, Virginia

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-US Population Census Report -1920
-July 1963, Grand Rapids Press News Article

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Current world events from Michael’s birth year of 1892:

January 1 – Ellis Island begins accepting immigrants to the United States

January 15 – James Naismith publishes the rules for basketball

January 20 – At the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, the first official basketball game is played

February 12 – Former President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday is declared a national holiday in the United States

February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies for a patent on his compression ignition engine (the Diesel engine).

March 18 – The Stanley Cup is donated by Sir Frederick Stanley

August 9 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph

October 21 – To mark 400 anniversary Columbus Day holiday, the “Pledge of Allegiance” was first recited in unison by students in US public schools

November 8 – U.S. presidential election, 1892: Grover Cleveland is elected over Benjamin Harrison and James B. Weaver to win the second of his non-consecutive terms

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