Brief Life History of Martha A
When Martha A Giltner was born on 18 September 1898, in Boone, Boone, Iowa, United States, her father, John P Giltner, was 25 and her mother, Dorothea Elizabeth Gates, was 23. She lived in Boone, Iowa, United States for about 10 years and United States in 1949. She died in October 1976, in Boone, Boone, Iowa, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Linwood Park Cemetery, Boone, Boone, Iowa, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Martha A Giltmer, "United States 1950 Census"
- Martha Augusta Giltner, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- Martha A Giltner, "Find A Grave Index"
World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
South German: occupational name for a maker or seller of wooden buckets, from an agent derivative of Middle Low German gilte ‘wooden bucket’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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