Brief Life History of Magdalena
When Magdalena Breitenbach was born on 31 December 1885, in Belpre, Edwards, Kansas, United States, her father, Margian Morgan Breitenbach, was 30 and her mother, Anna Mary Kowalski, was 28. She married Franklin Joseph Wendel in 1907. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Pioneer Township, Rice, Kansas, United States for about 20 years. She died on 27 November 1935, at the age of 49, and was buried in Ellinwood, Barton, Kansas, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Maggie Wendel in household of F J Wendel, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Magdalena Breitenbach - Government record: birth-name: Maggie Breitenbach
- Magdalena Breitenbach Wendel, "Find A Grave Index"
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1886
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1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Dieter, Fritz, Juergen, Otto.
German and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): habitational name from any of numerous places called Breitenbach or Breidenbach, meaning ‘broad stream’, for example in Westphalia, Rhineland, and Hesse. Compare Breitbach .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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