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Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA



 


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Aberdeen is a city in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 16,896 at the 2010 census. The city is the economic center of Grays Harbor County, bordering the cities of Hoquiam and Cosmopolis. Aberdeen is called the "Gateway to the Olympic Peninsula".

History:

Aberdeen was named for a local salmon cannery to reflect its Scottish fishing port namesake of Aberdeen and because it too is also situated at the mouth of two rivers like its namesake in Scotland which is between the rivers 'Don' at the north and the river 'Dee' to the south side of the Scottish city.

Aberdeen was founded by Samuel Benn in 1884 and incorporated on May 12, 1890. Although it became the largest and best-known city in Grays Harbor, Aberdeen lagged behind nearby Hoquiam and Cosmopolis in the early years. When A.J. West built the town's first sawmill in 1894, the other two municipalities had been in business for several years. Aberdeen and its neighbors vied to be the terminus for Northern Pacific Railroad, but instead of ending at one of the established mill towns, the railroad skimmed through Cosmopolis and headed west for Ocosta. Hoquiam and Aberdeen citizens together built a spur; and in 1895, the line connected Northern Pacific tracks to Aberdeen.

By 1900, Aberdeen had many saloons, whorehouses, and gambling establishments populating the area. Aberdeen was nicknamed "The Hellhole of the Pacific", or "The Port of Missing Men", because of its high murder rate. One notable resident was Billy Gohl, known locally as Billy "Ghoul", who was rumored to have killed at least 140 men. Gohl was convicted of two murders.

During the Great Depression, Aberdeen was hit hard, reducing the number of major sawmills from 37 to 9. The timber industry continued to boom, but by the late 1970s most of the timber had been logged. Most of the mills were closing down by the 1970s and 1980s.

Aberdeen is also the home port of the tall ship Lady Washington, a reproduction of a smaller vessel used by the explorer Captain Robert Gray, featured in the Pirates of the Caribbean film The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Ort : Geographische Breite: 46.9763975, Geographische Länge: -123.8158751


Geburt

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Geburt    Personen-Kennung 
1 Schweitzer, Joseph Nicholas Jr.  30 Jun 1911Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA I91822

Tod

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Tod    Personen-Kennung 
1 Bieber, Fred I.  30 Aug 1930Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA I100170
2 Cole, Charles  6 Okt 1975Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA I100135
3 Delorme, Anthony J.  Sep 1974Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA I183581
4 Dutt, David Ernest  14 Mrz 1976Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA I100129
5 Dutt, Rosina  11 Okt 1958Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA I87361
6 Ferguson, Margaret Alice  16 Okt 1965Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA I183557
7 Hieb, Emma  5 Sep 1985Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA I18372
8 Horning, Jacob  15 Mrz 1972Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA I100138
9 Horning, Rosina  10 Feb 1994Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA I100133
10 Horning, Theodore  Aug 1983Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA I100140
11 Krause, Louisa  Nov 1968Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA I232663
12 Leiden, Helen Esther  1 Nov 2011Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA I91827
13 Schweitzer, Joseph Nicholas Jr.  14 Sep 1999Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA I91822
14 Standley, Earl  Jul 1976Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA I34510
15 Steinhoff, Mary Alma  18 Apr 1992Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA I183579

Beerdigung

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Beerdigung    Personen-Kennung 
1 Bieber, Fred I.  Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA I100170
2 Dutt, Rosina  Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA I87361
3 Horning, Jacob  Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA I100138
4 Horning, John J.  Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA I100136

Eheschließung

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   Familie    Eheschließung    Familien-Kennung 
1 Hunt / Kercher  8 Nov 1941Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA F28996