Alvin Edward Riegel

Male24 June 1905–6 June 1976

Brief Life History of Alvin Edward

When Alvin Edward Riegel was born on 24 June 1905, in Denver, Colorado, United States, his father, Joseph E. Reigle, was 28 and his mother, Ida May Stamphli, was 24. He married Neva Jane Carpenter on 19 August 1927, in Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States. He lived in Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States for about 10 years and United States in 1976. He died on 6 June 1976, in Ringling, Meagher, Montana, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alvin Edward Riegel
1905–1976
Neva Jane Carpenter
1906–1990
Marriage: 19 August 1927

Sources (12)

  • Alvin E Riegel, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Alvin Edward Riegel, "Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1840-2004"
  • Alvin E. Riegel, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    19 August 1927Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1906 · Saving Food Labels

    Age 1

    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.

    1910 · Glacier National Park Established

    Age 5

    Congress established Glacier National Park on May 11, 1910. The park is located in the northern part of Montana on the Canada- US border. It covers 1 million acres, has over a hundred lakes, over a thousand different plant species, and over a hundred animal species. Previously the area had been occupied by the Blackfoot and Flathead people.

    1927

    Age 22

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    Name Meaning

    German:

    from Middle High German rigel ‘bar, crossbeam, mountain incline’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of crossbars, locks, etc., or a topographic name for someone who lived near and was in charge of the village gate, which separated the settlement from the adjacent fields. Compare Rigel .

    habitational name from any of numerous places in Baden, Brandenburg, and Silesia named Riegel (see 2 below).

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

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