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  2. Friedrich Weyerhäuser - Wikipedia

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    Friedrich Weyerhäuser. Friedrich (Frederick) Weyerhäuser (November 21, 1834 – April 4, 1914 [1]), also spelled Weyerhaeuser, was a German-American timber mogul and founder of the Weyerhaeuser Company, which owns sawmills, paper factories, and other business enterprises as well as large areas of forested land in the northern United States.

  3. Weyerhaeuser - Wikipedia

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    www.weyerhaeuser.com. The Weyerhaeuser Company (/ ˈwɛərhaʊzər / WAIR-how-zər) is an American timberland company which owns nearly 12,400,000 acres (19,400 sq mi; 50,000 km 2) of timberlands in the U.S., and manages an additional 14,000,000 acres (22,000 sq mi; 57,000 km 2) of timberlands under long-term licenses in Canada. [5]

  4. List of Finding Your Roots episodes - Wikipedia

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    March 25, 2012. (2012-03-25) Georgia Congressman John Lewis and then Newark Mayor Cory Booker meet each other before they explore their family heritages. 3. 3. "Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada". April 1, 2012. (2012-04-01) Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada both discover their families' original surnames in the episode.

  5. Weyerhaeuser House - Wikipedia

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    Added to NRHP. September 11, 1975. The Weyerhaeuser House, also known as House on the Hill, is a building in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. It was built in 1865 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The home is now part of the Augustana College campus.

  6. Early life and work of Clint Eastwood - Wikipedia

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    Early life. Eastwood was unusually large at birth, weighing 11 lb 6 oz (5.16 kg), and was nicknamed "Samson" by the nurses at St. Francis Hospital. [2][3][4] He has English, Scottish, Dutch, Welsh, through Laufer (Runner) line, and Irish ancestry. [5] The elder of two siblings, he has a younger sister, Jeanne Bernhardt, born in 1934.

  7. Learning My Family's Language Revealed the Mystery of My Roots

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    The word rang a bell deep in my body; after a minute I had it, and this word, too, was from my childhood prayer: “Vigyázz reám,” I confirmed on my phone, means “Take care of me.” These ...

  8. Finding Your Roots - Wikipedia

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    Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is a documentary television series hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. that premiered on March 25, 2012, on PBS.In each episode, celebrities are presented with a "book of life" that is compiled with information researched by professional genealogists that allows them to view their ancestral histories, learn about familial connections and discover ...

  9. George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping - Wikipedia

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    The kidnapping of nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser[a] occurred in 1935 in Tacoma, Washington, United States. The son of prominent lumberman J. P. Weyerhaeuser, George was successfully released for ransom and eventually succeeded his father as the chairman of the Weyerhaeuser company. The four participants in the kidnapping were apprehended and ...