Alberta Ruth Rieker

Brief Life History of Alberta Ruth

When Alberta Ruth Rieker was born on 25 January 1928, in Eustis, Frontier, Nebraska, United States, her father, Albert Andreas Rieker, was 30 and her mother, Esther Susan Roether, was 24. She married George Wayne Freed on 19 September 1948, in Lexington, Dawson, Nebraska, United States. She lived in United States in 1949 and Grant Township, Dawson, Nebraska, United States in 1950. She died on 1 September 1995, in Gillette, Crook, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Gillette, Crook, Wyoming, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Wayne Freed
1929–1993
Alberta Ruth Rieker
1928–1995
Marriage: 19 September 1948

Sources (9)

  • Alberta R Freed, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Alberta Ruth Rieker - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Alberta Ruth Rieker
  • Alberta R. Freed, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

1944 · Congress Passes the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Project

The Flood Control Act of 1944 was passed and would later be called the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program. It was named after the authors of the program Lewis A. Pick and William Glenn Sloan. It began as two separate plans but they both had the idea for an irrigation system that would help with the flooding of the Missouri River.

1947 · The Presidential Succession Act

The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Gerd, Otto, Erna.

North German: from the personal name Rikher, composed of the elements rīc ‘power(ful)’ + heri ‘army’ or her ‘master, lord’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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