Alice Emma Wendt

Brief Life History of Alice Emma

When Alice Emma Wendt was born on 12 May 1888, in Dodge, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Friedrich Wilhelm Wendt, was 52 and her mother, Theresa Wegener, was 35. She had at least 2 sons with Edward J Vollstedt. She lived in Hustisford, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States in 1905 and New Holstein, Calumet, Wisconsin, United States for about 30 years. She died on 22 January 1972, in Chilton, Calumet, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

Edward J Vollstedt
1877–1954
Alice Emma Wendt
1888–1972
Willard Vollstedt
1914–1916
Edward George Vollstedt
1920–1990

Sources (10)

  • Alice Vollstedt, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Alice E Wendt, "Wisconsin, Birth Index, 1820-1907"
  • Alice E Wendt in entry for Edward G Vollstedt, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

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1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment

The maximum hours for children to work were set to 55 per week.

1910 · The BSA is Made

Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Kurt, Erwin, Hans, Dieter, Heinz, Reinhold, Wolfgang, Armin, Erhard, Ernst.

German and Danish: ethnic name for a Wend, Middle High German wind(e). The Wends (i.e. Polabian Slavs, Pomeranians, and Sorbians) once occupied a large area of northeastern and eastern Germany (extending as far west as Lüneburg, with an area called Wendland; see Wendland ), and many German placenames and surnames are of Wendish origin. Today, of all Wendish people only Sorbians still exist (in Lusatia in eastern Germany). See also Serbin 2.

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

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