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Sam Groothuis 1887 - 1977

Sam Groothuis of Jenison, Ottawa County, Michigan was born on September 1, 1887, and died at age 89 years old in March 1977.
Sam Groothuis
Jenison, Ottawa County, Michigan 49428
September 1, 1887
March 1977
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Sam Groothuis' History: 1887 - 1977

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    1887

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    September 1, 1887
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  • 03/dd
    1977

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    March 1977
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    Sam Groothuis lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1887, in the year that Sam Groothuis was born, on January 20th, the US Senate gave the US Navy the right to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. Pearl Harbor is on the island of Oahu, a part of the Hawaiian Islands. The Navy was given direction to maintain "a coaling and repair station" at the harbor.
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In 1919, at the age of 32 years old, Sam was alive when in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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