Brief Life History of Okel E.
When Okel E. Trexler was born on 9 July 1892, in Illinois, United States, her father, Ethan Everett Trexler, was 22 and her mother, Ivy Maude Holm, was 17. She married Edward Daniel Gensinger on 27 August 1910, in Chelan, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Douglas, Washington, United States for about 20 years and North Bridge Election Precinct, Douglas, Washington, United States in 1940. She died on 13 June 1981, in East Wenatchee, Douglas, Washington, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in East Wenatchee, Douglas, Washington, United States.
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- Okel E Gensniger in household of Ederd D Gensniger, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Okel E. Trexler - Published information: birth-name: Okel E. Trexler
- Okel Trixler, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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1893 · The World's Columbian Exposition
Also known as the Chicago World's Fair, The Exposition was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World. The centerpiece of the Fair was a large water pool that represented Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas. The Fair had a profound effect on new architecture designs, sanitation advancement, and the arts. The Fairgrounds were given the nickname the White City due to its lavish paint and materials used to constuct it. Over 27 million people attended the fair during its six-month of operation. Among many of the invetions exhibited there was the first Ferris wheel built to rival the Eiffel Tower in France.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
German: variant of Drechsler (see Dressler ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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