Brief Life History of Bertha Anne
When Bertha Anne Wrege was born about 1917, in Saskatchewan, Canada, her father, Johannes August Friedrich Wrege, was 44 and her mother, Martha Marie Louise Koepke, was 34. She married Walter Harold Lewis on 9 March 1970, in Kalispell, Flathead, Montana, United States. She lived in Columbia Falls, Flathead, Montana, United States in 2008. She died on 1 January 2008, in Hermiston, Umatilla, Oregon, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Moses Lake, Grant, Washington, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Bertha A Wrege in household of John Wrege, "United States Census, 1930"
- Bertha Anne Wrege Lewis, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mrs Bertha Anne Lewis, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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World Events (8)
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1917 · Fort Lewis is Established
Fort Lewis military base was established in 1917, in Tacoma, Washington. It was named after Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It used to be one of the largest and most modern military reservations in the US. In February 2010, it merged with McChord Air Force Base.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
North German: variant of Wrige, a nickname from Middle Low German wrige ‘stiff, crazy, obstinate, wilful’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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