Brief Life History of Pauline
When Pauline Schimke was born on 27 July 1897, in Parkston, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States, her father, Johann Daniel Schimke, was 25 and her mother, Helena Leischner, was 22. She lived in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States in 1935 and Wallace Election Precinct 4, Shoshone, Idaho, United States in 1940. She died on 21 November 1978, in Odessa, Lincoln, Washington, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Odessa Cemetery, Odessa, Lincoln, Washington, United States.
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- Pauline Schimke in household of June Frizzell, "United States Census, 1940"
- Pauline Schimke, "South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2014"
- Pauline Schimke, "Washington Death Index, 1965-2014"
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World Events (8)
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.
1899 · Mount Rainier National Park is Established
Mount Rainier was established as a state park on March 2, 1899 with legislation was signed by President McKinley. Mount Rainier is a volcanic peak surrounded by forests.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Friedrich.
Germanized form of Sorbian Šymk, Šymko, Šymka, Šimko, and Šimka: from a pet form of the personal name Lower Sorbian Šyman, Upper Sorbian Šiman, equivalents of Simon .
Germanized form of Czech Šimek (see Simek ) and possibly also of some other similar (like-sounding) cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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