Brief Life History of Ella Charlotte
When Ella Charlotte Bentzinger was born on 6 April 1894, in Osage Township, Otoe, Nebraska, United States, her father, Johannes Bentzinger, was 29 and her mother, Wilhelmina Catherine Schacht, was 25. She married Henry Louis Niemann on 11 June 1919, in Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Spring Creek Township, Johnson, Nebraska, United States in 1930 and Spring Creek Election Precinct, Johnson, Nebraska, United States in 1940. She died on 15 September 1983, in Crete, Saline, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Otoe, Nebraska, United States.
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- Ella C Niemann in household of Louis H Niemann, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ella Charlottie Bentzinger - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Ella Charlottie Bentzinger
- Ella Charlotte Bentzinger Niemann, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
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.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
German: variant of Benzinger and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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