Chester Keith Hormel

Brief Life History of Chester Keith

When Chester Keith Hormel was born on 4 February 1903, in Kearney, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States, his father, Wilbert Spencer Hormel, was 45 and his mother, Jennie Laurinda Willhelmy, was 36. He lived in Falls Township, Sumner, Kansas, United States in 1920 and Caldwell, Sumner, Kansas, United States in 1930. He died on 20 August 1962, in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Wilbert Spencer Hormel
1857–1938
Jennie Laurinda Willhelmy
1866–1936
Bertha Hormel
1885–1974
Frances Hormel
1887–1981
Earl Spencer Hormel
1889–1936
Rex Coddington Hormel
1891–1892
Ruth Hormel
1894–1984
Neal Vincent Hormel
1896–1992
Lee Jennings Hormel
1898–1944
Royden Coddington Hormel
1900–1925
Chester Keith Hormel
1903–1962
Hormel
1905–
Hormel
1909–
Reta Hormel
1910–1927
Floyd Gerald Hormel
1914–1971

Sources (5)

  • Keith Harmel in household of W C Hormel, "Kansas State Census, 1915"
  • Chester K Hormel, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Keith Hormel in household of Wilbert S Hormel, "United States Census, 1930"

World Events (8)

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

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.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Heinz.

German: variant of Hörmle, a South German pet form of Hermann .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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