Brief Life History of Mary Gertrude
When Mary Gertrude Petersen was born on 7 September 1870, in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States, her father, Johan Hinrich Petersen, was 26 and her mother, Mette Marie Ulrikke Frederiksen, was 29. She married William Henry Mader on 15 November 1888, in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Prairie Creek Township, Hall, Nebraska, United States in 1880 and Hall, Nebraska, United States in 1920. She died on 27 August 1950, at the age of 79, and was buried in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States.
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- Mary Mader in household of William Mader, "United States Census, 1920"
- Mary G Mader, "BillionGraves Index"
- Mary G Peterson in entry for Arnold Levi Mader, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1872 · The Amnesty Act
A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Lars, Niels, Jorgen, Holger, Anders, Einer, Aksel, Bent, Gunner, Knud.
Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Peter .
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Pedersen or Pettersen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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