Brief Life History of Enelma Defaine
When Enelma Defaine Nickel was born on 10 January 1896, in Beardstown, Cass, Illinois, United States, her father, Albert Carl Nickel, was 26 and her mother, Melvina Hardin, was 20. She married Leo Vincent Bugee on 1 October 1913, in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States in 1920 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. She died on 3 June 1991, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 95.
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- Evelina B?Gee in household of Rymond Cherry, "United States Census, 1920"
- Enelma Defaine Nickel, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
- Enelma D. Nickel, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
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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.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1922 · Oldest radio station west of the Mississippi
The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Dieter, Armin, Bernd, Gerhard, Hans, Helmut, Adelheid, Dietrich, Erhard, Ewald, Franz.
German and Dutch: from a pet form of Nick, a short form of the personal name Nikolaus (see Nicholas ). This surname is rare in the Netherlands.
English (northern): from the Middle English personal name Nic(h)ol(e), a vernacular form of Nic(h)olas (see Nicholas ). It was also sometimes used as a female name. See Nichol .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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