Brief Life History of Bertha Pauline
When Bertha Pauline Wiese was born in October 1874, in Germany, her father, Ferdinand Carl Wiese, was 52 and her mother, Wilhelmine Amalie Zuehlke, was 28. She married Albert Carl F Sellin on 17 September 1892, in Oshkosh Town, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1886 and lived in Dodge, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States in 1920 and Waupaca, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States in 1930. She died on 11 March 1938, in Oshkosh Town, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Bertha Sell, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Bertha Wiese - Obituary: birth: 22 April 1873; Schubin, Posen, Preußen, Germany
- Bertha Pauline Wiese, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1883 · The Newhall House Hotel Fire
A fire erupted on January 10, 1883, at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee. The fire began at 4:00 am in an elevator shaft and raced up through the building. The fire spread so quickly that many could not escape. General and Mrs. Tom Thumb, stars of P.T. Barnum's circus, were guests in the hotel at the time of the fire. A firefighter reached them by ladder and they were able to escape safely. The exact number of deaths remains unknown as the hotel register was destroyed in the fire, however, the death toll is estimated between 75-90.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Erwin, Arno, Fritz, Gerhard, Manfred, Uwe, Bernhard, Friedrich, Gerhart.
German:
topographic name from Middle High German wise ‘meadow’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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