Brief Life History of Helena Maria
When Helena Maria Broer was born on 7 February 1869, in Minonk, Woodford, Illinois, United States, her father, John Henry Broer Sr, was 28 and her mother, Maria Broer, was 25. She married Oltmann Behrend Busboom on 24 January 1890, in Crete, Saline, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Seward, Nebraska, United States in 1910 and Garfield, Nebraska, United States in 1920. She died on 22 February 1960, in Crete, Saline, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Milford, Seward, Nebraska, United States.
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- Lena Beender in household of Marie Webb, "United States Census, 1940"
- Helena Maria Broer, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- Helena Maria Broer Busboom-Beenders, "Find A Grave Index"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1884
Historical Boundaries: 1884: Garfield, Nebraska, United States
1893 · The World's Columbian Exposition
Also known as the Chicago World's Fair, The Exposition was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World. The centerpiece of the Fair was a large water pool that represented Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas. The Fair had a profound effect on new architecture designs, sanitation advancement, and the arts. The Fairgrounds were given the nickname the White City due to its lavish paint and materials used to constuct it. Over 27 million people attended the fair during its six-month of operation. Among many of the invetions exhibited there was the first Ferris wheel built to rival the Eiffel Tower in France.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Dutch Dirk. German Hans, Kurt.
Dutch: from Middle Dutch broeder ‘brother’, a byname sometimes used for a younger son, i.e. the brother of someone important; alternatively, denoting a member of a guild. Broer was also used as a personal name.
North German (also Bröer): shortened form of Broder .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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