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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- 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"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
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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