Brief Life History of Selma Albertine
When Selma Albertine Peters was born on 11 September 1900, in Bear Creek, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States, her father, William Heinrich Theodor Peters, was 42 and her mother, Emma Carolina Dorothea Serrien, was 35. She married John Henrich August Behnke on 12 September 1921, in Bear Creek, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Union, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States for about 20 years. She died on 22 March 1967, in Clintonville, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Clintonville, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Selma A Behnke, "United States 1950 Census"
- Selma Albertine Peters Behnke, "Find A Grave Index"
- Selma Peters in entry for Reuben E Behnke, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment
The maximum hours for children to work were set to 55 per week.
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
English, Scottish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Peter . This surname (mainly of German origin) is also found in Sweden, Denmark, France (Alsace and Lorraine), and some other European countries. In North America it has absorbed various cognates and their derivatives from other languages, such as Albanian Pjetraj and Pjetrushi, patronymics from the personal name Pjetër ‘Peter’ and its pet form Pjetrush; see also below and also examples at Peterson .
Irish: Anglicized form (translation) of Gaelic Mac Pheadair ‘son of Peter’.
Americanized form of Dutch and North German Pieters .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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