Brief Life History of Florence Bell
When Florence Bell Raber was born on 16 February 1896, in Mannington, Marion, West Virginia, United States, her father, Albert George Raber, was 38 and her mother, Nancy Ann Davis, was 32. She had at least 4 sons and 3 daughters with Frank Joseph Gemondo. She lived in Enterprise, Harrison, West Virginia, United States in 1930 and Clay District, Harrison, West Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 9 February 1996, in Shinnston, Harrison, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 99, and was buried in Shinnston, Harrison, West Virginia, United States.
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- Florence Gemondo, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Florence B. Raber - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Florence B. Raber
- Florence Bell Raber Gemondo, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
German and Swiss German:
apparently an occupational name for a turnip grower, from an agent derivative of Middle High German rabe ‘turnip’.
(also Räber): from an ancient Germanic personal name, Radobert, a compound of rād, rāt ‘advice, counsel’ + berht ‘bright, famous’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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