Brief Life History of Martha Elizabeth
When Martha Elizabeth Meaike was born on 9 June 1919, in Colby, Clark, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Godfrey Fred Meaike, was 45 and her mother, Anna May Denney, was 37. She had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with James Milton Foster. She lived in Audubon, Audubon, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Grandville Township, Jasper, Illinois, United States in 1950. She died on 9 April 2001, in Crawfordsville, Union Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Wallace, Jackson Township, Fountain, Indiana, United States.
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- Martha E Foster, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Martha Elizabeth Meaike - Individual or family possessions: birth: ; Wisconsin, United States
- Martha E Foster, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1920 · First Electric Blow Dryers Invented
The first electric blow dryers were invented by Racine Universal Motor Company and Hamilton Beach, both Wisconsin companies.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
German: from a pet form of May .
History: Carl Maike (1853–1937) emigrated from Grabrow (Grabroh), Germany, to Alma, KS, in 1881.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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