Louella Mae McDermeit

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 Emmet Township, McDonough, Illinois, United States in 1930 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 " Jim" Banks
1942–2014
Mary Lou Banks
1945–2013
Wendell F. Banks Jr.
1947–2010

Sources (10)

  • Luella Mae Banks, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Louella M Banks, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages, 1980-2015"
  • Luella McDermitt Banks, "Illinois, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

World Events (8)

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

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

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

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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