Louella Mae McDermeit (1917–2004) • FamilySearch

Louella Mae McDermeit

1 March 1917–20 August 2004 (Age 87)
Warren, Illinois, United States

The Life of Louella Mae

When Louella Mae McDermeit was born on 1 March 1917, in Warren, Illinois, United States, her father, Delley Clay McDermeit, was 41 and her mother, Bertha Ellen Barzee, was 31. She married Wendell Franklin Banks on 4 October 1940, in Blandinsville, McDonough, Illinois, United States. She lived in Pilot Grove Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1920 and Macomb, McDonough, Illinois, United States in 1940. She died on 20 August 2004, in Blandinsville, McDonough, Illinois, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Glade City Cemetery, Blandinsville, McDonough, Illinois, United States.

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Parents and Siblings

Wendell Franklin Banks

1919–1974

Louella Mae McDermeit

1917–2004

Marriage: 4 October 1940

Spouse and Children

Wendell Franklin Banks

Male1919–1974Male

Louella Mae McDermeit

Female1917–2004Female

MARRIAGE
4 October 1940
Blandinsville, McDonough, Illinois, United States

Parents and Siblings

Delley Clay McDermeit

Male1875–1951Male

Bertha Ellen Barzee

Female1886–1929Female

siblings

(4)

Joseph Almon McDermeit

Male1911–1993Male

Edna Pearl McDermeit

Female1912–1985Female

Louella Mae McDermeit

Female1917–2004Female

Iola Alice McDermeit

Female1922–2006Female

World Events (8)

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

Age 1

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

1925 · Woman's World's Fair

Age 8

The first Woman's World's Fair was held in Chicago in 1925. The idea of the completely women-run fair was to display the progress of ideas, work, and products of twentieth-century women

1941

Age 24

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

McDermeit

Louella

Mae

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Sources (3)

Luella McDermeit in household of Mary Carter, "United States Census, 1940"
Loulella M Mcdermeit in household of Dell C Mcdermeit, "United States Census, 1920"
Luella M Mcdermeit in household of Delley C Mcdermeit, "United States Census, 1930"

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