Brief Life History of Anna Mary
When Anna Mary Zent was born on 28 October 1888, in Speyer, Odessa, Kherson, Russian Empire, her father, Peter Zent, was 50 and her mother, Anna Mary Wetzstein, was 25. She married Joseph Schaff on 19 April 1911, in Dickinson, Stark, North Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Cash Township, Slope, North Dakota, United States for about 5 years and Bowman, Bowman, North Dakota, United States in 1950. She died on 2 February 1969, in Bowman Township, Bowman, North Dakota, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Saint Charles Cemetery, Bowman, Bowman, North Dakota, United States.
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- Anna Mary Schaff in household of Joe Schaff, "North Dakota Census, 1925"
- Joe Mrs Schaff, "North Dakota, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
- Anna Mary Zent Schaff, "Find A Grave Index"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1907
Historical Boundaries 1907: Billings, North Dakota, United States 1907: Bowman, North Dakota, United States
1910 · The BSA is Made
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Name Meaning
German: unexplained. At least in part it originates from the former German settlements in Bessarabia in southern Russia (now in Ukraine) and may be an altered form of an unidentified German (reportedly Alsatian) surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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