Brief Life History of Anna Elisabeth
When Anna Elisabeth Heimbigner was born on 1 July 1884, in Medveditsa, Zhirnovsk Raion, Volgograd, Russia, Soviet Union, her father, Jacob Heimbüchner or Heimbigner, was 29 and her mother, Anna Maria Gettman, was 28. She married George A Hoffman on 10 February 1904, in Medveditsa, Zhirnovsk Raion, Volgograd, Russia, Soviet Union. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 5 December 1968, in Hastings, Adams, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Hastings, Adams, Nebraska, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Alis Hofman in household of George A Hofman, "United States Census, 1920"
- Elizabeth Heimbichner in entry for Leo George Hoffman, "Iowa, Armed Forces Grave Registrations, ca. 1835-1998"
- Alice Huffman in household of George Huffman, "United States Census, 1930"
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World Events (8)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Hans, Kurt.
Americanized form of South German Heimbichner or Heimbüchner: habitational name for someone from a place called Heimbuch, or a topographic name from the field name Heimbüchen, composed of Middle High German hac, hagen ‘enclosure, hedge’ + büchen or biechen, dative plural of Middle High German buoche ‘beech tree’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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