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www.porsche-se.com /en /. The Porsche family (also known as Porsche–Piëch family[1]) is a prominent Austrian-German family of industrialists descending from the Austrian-Bohemian-German automotive pioneer Ferdinand Porsche. Its members control Porsche SE and have a majority voting right over Volkswagen AG, the largest automaker in the world.
Harold E. "Zeke"/"Manny" Boro, [23] born 1909, was a retired federal government engineering draftsman who, at ages 65 to 66, hung around the Manson family and supplied them with money as a "sugar daddy". [21] Boro met Fromme in early 1974 while in a Sacramento park. [24] Fromme would visit Boro at his apartment in Sacramento. [21]
Barack Obama is thus far the only president to have ancestry from outside of Europe; his paternal family is of Kenyan Luo ancestry. He is also believed to be a direct descendant of John Punch, a colonial-era slave born in modern-day Cameroon. [2] There is no evidence that any president has had Indigenous American ancestry.
The Durrell family lived in India and Corfu, among other places, during the first half of the twentieth century. Their lives and travels were documented and made famous through their autobiographical writings, particularly by Lawrence and Gerald. Other members of the family became notable in their own right.
The contest for the Republican Party's presidential nomination in 1976 was between two serious candidates: incumbent president Gerald Ford, a member of the party's moderate wing, and former governor of California Ronald Reagan, a member of the party's conservative wing. The presidential primary campaign between the two men was hard-fought and ...
Jacob's son, David Jacob Eisenhower (1863–1942), was Dwight D. Eisenhower's father. David Jacob was a college-educated engineer, despite his father having urged him to stay on the family farm. David owned a general store in Hope, Kansas, but the business failed due to economic conditions and the family became impoverished. The Eisenhowers ...
Douglas Emhoff is the husband of Kamala Harris. He was born to Jewish parents [1] Michael and Barbara Emhoff in Brooklyn, New York. He lived in New Jersey from 1969 to 1981, moving with his family to California when he was 17. [2][3][4] Emhoff graduated from the California State University, Northridge and USC Gould School of Law. [5]
Gerald itself is a Germanic compound of ger, "spear", and waltan, "rule". Variant spellings include Fitz-Gerald and the modern Fitzgerald. The name can also appear as two separate words Fitz Gerald. The earliest recorded use of the patronymic FitzGerald is that of Raoul fitz Gerald le Chambellan, member of the Tancarville family.