Arnold Emil Widmer

Brief Life History of Arnold Emil

When Arnold Emil Widmer was born on 22 January 1897, in Nollingen, Rheinfelden (Baden), Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, his father, Arnold Widmer, was 23 and his mother, Blanda Border, was 23. He married Mabel Pauline White on 2 May 1917, in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1920 and Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States in 1930. He died on 10 January 1933, in Bahamas, at the age of 35, and was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Florence, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Arnold Emil Widmer
1897–1933
Mabel Pauline White
1896–1987
Marriage: 2 May 1917
Roberta May Widmer
1916–1957
Arnold Robert Widmer
1918–2012
Richard Widmer
1923–

Sources (12)

  • Arnold E Widmer, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Arnold Emil Widmer - Published information: birth-name: Arnold Emil Widmer
  • Arnold E Widmer, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

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World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Christoph, Hans, Helmut, Sieg, Armin, Ernst, Hans Peter, Konrad, Othmar, Siegfried, Ute.

German and Swiss German: status name from Middle High German widemer ‘tenant farmer who worked on land that had been endowed to a parish church, Middle High German widem(e) ‘prebend’.

German: variant of Wittmer 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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