Brief Life History of Gisela Teresa
When Gisela Teresa Klein was born on 5 April 1922, in Collegeville Township, Stearns, Minnesota, United States, her father, George Edward Klein, was 34 and her mother, Theresa Magdalene Meyer, was 33. She married Lester Alden Lawrence about 1943, in Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States. She died on 20 April 1995, in Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa, United States, at the age of 73.
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- Gazelle Klein in household of George Klein, "United States Census, 1930"
- Gisela Teresa Klein Crow, "Find A Grave Index"
- Gisela Crow in entry for Clara Valeria Klein Therrien, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1926 · Iowa becomes a provider of food to the world
Pioneer Hi-Bred International was the leader company experimenting with hybridization of corn and other seeds for agriculture in the world. It helped make different kinds of crop able to grow in harsh conditions so that other parts of the world would be able to farm and become self-sufficient. It was bought out by DuPont in 1999 and has continued to help struggling countries around the world.
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
Name Meaning
German, Flemish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic); Dutch (also De Klein): from Middle High German, German, Dutch klein ‘small’, or Yiddish kleyn. This was a nickname for a person of small stature, but is also often found as a distinguishing name for a junior male, usually a son, in German names such as Kleinhans and Kleinpeter . The surname of German origin is also found in many other European countries, notably in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Belgium, Poland, Hungary, Czechia, and Slovakia. It is often a German translation of corresponding Slavic surnames, for example Czech and Slovak Malý (see Maly ). Compare Klain , Klien , and Kline .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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