Dorothea Mable Burkholder

Brief Life History of Dorothea Mable

When Dorothea Mable Burkholder was born on 6 December 1919, in Keeline, Niobrara, Wyoming, United States, her father, Lewis Clyde Burkholder, was 40 and her mother, Luvena Elizabeth Barr, was 37. She lived in Lusk, Niobrara, Wyoming, United States in 1930. She died on 30 December 1935, in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States, at the age of 16, and was buried in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lewis Clyde Burkholder
1879–1931
Luvena Elizabeth Barr
1882–1972
Wilbur Harold Burkholder
1903–1990
Merl VanBuren Burkholder
1906–2002
Ervin Lowell Burkholder
1908–1996
Evelyn Caroline Burkholder
1913–2008
Elizabeth Maxine Burkholder
1914–2005
Margaret Irene Burkholder
1914–2010
Thelma Fern Burkholder
1916–2011
Bernitta Winafred Burkholder
1917–1973
Dorothea Mable Burkholder
1919–1935
Neva Isabelle Burkholder
1921–1941
Richard Orren Burkholder
1922–2010
Neal Lewis Burkholder
1924–2019

Sources (4)

  • Dorotha Bunkholder in household of Louis C Bunkholder, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Dorothea M Burkholder, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
  • Dorthy M Burkholder in household of Harold W Burkholder Sr., "United States Census, 1930"

World Events (7)

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

1920

Women got to vote first time in the state of Wyoming.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

German: altered form of Swiss German Burkhalter . The surname Burkholder is rare in Germany.

History: This is the most common form of the name of a Swiss Mennonite and Amish family, originally spelled Burkhalter , but in Germany (and in the US) altered to Burkholder and Borkholder .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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