Flora Mensel

Brief Life History of Flora

When Flora Mensel was born on 21 March 1873, in Marshall, Indiana, United States, her father, August Mensel, was 49 and her mother, Barbara Schittenhelm, was 36. She married Dr Charles Edwin Nusbaum on 17 October 1895, in Marshall, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in German Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States in 1900. She died on 19 December 1910, in Bremen, German Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Bremen Municipal Cemetery, Bremen, German Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dr Charles Edwin Nusbaum
1868–1919
Flora Mensel
1873–1910
Marriage: 17 October 1895
David Dale Nusbaum
1896–1909
Noble Nusbaum
1898–1962

Sources (11)

  • Flora Nustaum in household of Charles E Nustaum, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Flora Mensel, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Flora Mensel Nusbaum, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

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.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Heinz, Oskar.

German: metonymic occupational name from Middle High German bensel, pensel ‘(paint)brush’.

South German: diminutive of Benz .

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

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