Brief Life History of Mabel L
When Mabel L Mader was born on 7 May 1894, in Hall, Nebraska, United States, her father, William Henry Mader, was 32 and her mother, Mary Gertrude Petersen, was 23. She married Robert Everett Nourse about 1914, in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States in 1910 and Denver, Colorado, United States for about 10 years. She died on 4 May 1979, at the age of 84.
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- Mable Mader na família de William H Mader, “United States Census, 1910”
- Mabel L Nourse in household of Robert E Nourse, "United States Census, 1920"
- Mabel L Nourse in household of Robert E Nourse, "United States Census, 1930"
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World Events (8)
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.
1901 · City Hall Built
The Old Colorado Springs city Hall was built between 1901-1905. It was in use until 1997. The historical building was designed by Thomas Barber and Thomas MacLaren.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Madder, an occupational name for a dyer or seller of dye, from Middle English mader, madour, mather, shortened forms of Middle English maderer, maderour, matherer ‘seller of madder’ or ‘dyer who used madder’. Mader or mather (Old English mædere, Old Norse mathra) was the name for the plant Rubia tinctorum, used medicinally and for making red dye. It was also a word for red dye made from other sources. Compare Mather .
German and Swiss German (also Mäder), Dutch and French (Lorraine): occupational name for a reaper or mower, Middle High German māder, mæder, Middle Dutch mader. Compare Moder .
French: metonymic occupational name for a carpenter, from Occitan madier ‘beam’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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