Brief Life History of Lila Mae
When Lila Mae Welsh was born on 14 April 1923, in Zwingle, Dubuque, Iowa, United States, her father, John Henry Welsh, was 41 and her mother, Susan Ansie Peters, was 36. She lived in Table Mound Township, Dubuque, Iowa, United States in 1930 and Washington Township, Dubuque, Iowa, United States in 1940. She died on 9 August 1991, in Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- May Welsh in household of John Welsh, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
- Unknown, "Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942"
- Lila Mae Welsh Browning, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1926 · Iowa becomes a provider of food to the world
Pioneer Hi-Bred International was the leader company experimenting with hybridization of corn and other seeds for agriculture in the world. It helped make different kinds of crop able to grow in harsh conditions so that other parts of the world would be able to farm and become self-sufficient. It was bought out by DuPont in 1999 and has continued to help struggling countries around the world.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Scottish, English, and Irish: ethnic name from Middle English welshe (Old English wēalisc, wēlisc) ‘foreign, Welsh’, for someone from Wales or a speaker of the Welsh language. Compare Walsh and Wallace .
Americanized form of German Welsch .
Americanized form of Ukrainian and Jewish (from Ukraine) Voloshin or its Polish variant Wołoszyn (see Woloszyn ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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