Rose Ann Wittner

Brief Life History of Rose Ann

When Rose Ann Wittner was born on 5 September 1928, in Cass Lake, Cass, Minnesota, United States, her father, Leopold Wittner, was 35 and her mother, Catherine Spark, was 34. She married Curtis Jasper Petersdorf on 5 September 1949, in Cass Lake, Cass, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in United States in 1949 and Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States in 1950. She died on 6 February 2010, in Gardiner, Douglas, Oregon, United States, at the age of 81.

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Family Time Line

Curtis Jasper Petersdorf
1926–2017
Rose Ann Wittner
1928–2010
Marriage: 5 September 1949
Donald Lee Petersdorf
1954–2002

Sources (13)

  • Rose A Petersdorf, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Rose Ann Wittner - Individual or family possessions: birth: 5 September 1928; Cass Lake, Cass, Minnesota, United States
  • Rose A Petersdorf, "United States Social Security Death 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.

1931 · The Prehistoric Minnesota Woman

The Minnesota Woman was the name given to the skeletal remains of a woman thought to be 8,000 years old found near Pelican Rapids. The bones were brought to the University of Minnesota for more study. Later, Dr. Albert Jenks identified them as the bones of a 15 or 16 year old woman. Scientists now recognize the girl as someone whose ancestors were Paleo-Indian and now her skeletal remains have been reburied in South Dakota, not available for further study.

1950

United States military forces play a leading role against North Korean and Chinese troops in Korean War.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Helmuth.

German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Witten (for example in the Ruhr) or Wittenau (for example, near Berlin and in Silesia). Compare Whitner .

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

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