Brief Life History of Nettie Blanche
When Nettie Blanche Wallace was born on 16 October 1896, in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States, her father, James William Wallace, was 20 and her mother, Ida Dean Gooch, was 20. She married John Arthur Zahnd on 8 September 1918, in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Alabama, United States in 1935 and Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States for about 10 years. She died on 20 November 1959, in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Nettie B Zahnd, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Nettie Blanch Wallace - Published information: birth-name: Nettie Blanch Wallace
- Nettie Wallace, "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957"
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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.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: variant of Wallis , especially in Scotland, where the name was introduced from the Welsh Marches by a family of tenants of the Stewarts in the 12th century.
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish (Ashkenazic) surnames, e.g. Wallach .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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