Brief Life History of Zelma
When Zelma Keplinger was born on 11 April 1899, in Strasburg, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, her father, Leonard Wheeler Keplinger, was 23 and her mother, Rosina Catherine Sprankle, was 21. She had at least 1 son and 3 daughters with Carlyle John Jacob Brobst. She lived in Franklin Township, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Canal Dover, Dover Township, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States in 1940. She died on 15 January 1990, in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Dover Township, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States.
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- Zelma M Brobst in household of John C Brobst, "United States Census, 1930"
- Zeuhna Keplinger, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Zelma M Karl, "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome
A law that established government on the island of Puerto Rico and gave all Puerto Ricans citizenship. This law was replaced by the Jones–Shafroth Act in 1917.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
German: variant of Kepplinger, itself a variant of Köpplinger, which may derive from a dynasty by the name of Kobel , using -inger as a suffix of affiliation. Compare Caplinger , Kiblinger , and Kiplinger .
History: The American Keplingers trace their origin to Johann Leonhard Kepplinger from Germany, who arrived in PA with his family in 1730 and settled in Berks County, PA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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