Louella Mae McDermeit

Female1 March 1917–20 August 2004

Brief Life History 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. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. 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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Family Time Line

Wendell Franklin Banks
1919–1974
Louella Mae McDermeit
1917–2004
Marriage: 4 October 1940
James Richard Banks
1942–2014
Mary Lou Banks
1945–2013
Wendell F. Banks Jr.
1947–2010

Sources (7)

  • Luella Mae Banks, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Louella M Banks, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Louella Mae Banks, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    4 October 1940Blandinsville, McDonough, Illinois, United States
  • Children (3)

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    Siblings (4)

    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

    Scottish Gaelic: from Mac Diarmada, see McDermott .

    Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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