Olga Heckenlaible

Brief Life History of Olga

When Olga Heckenlaible was born on 26 February 1899, in Freeman, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States, her father, Karl Heckenlaible, was 30 and her mother, Jacobine Ellwein, was 30. She married Edward George Knittel on 30 December 1919, in Freeman, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Molan, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States for about 20 years and Molan Township, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States in 1940. She died on 30 January 1985, in Menno, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Freeman, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward George Knittel
1897–1948
Olga Heckenlaible
1899–1985
Marriage: 30 December 1919
Gertrude Viola Knittel
1920–1999
Alice J Knittel
1923–2013
Harold Edward Knittel
1929–1998

Sources (13)

  • Olga Knittle in household of Edward G Knittle, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Olga Heckenlaible, "South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2016"
  • Olga Heckenlaible Knittel, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome

A law that established government on the island of Puerto Rico and gave all Puerto Ricans citizenship. This law was replaced by the Jones–Shafroth Act in 1917.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

South German (Swabia): probably a habitational name for someone whose house was distinguished by a hedge in the form of a bower or arbor, from Middle High German hecke ‘hedge’ + an unrounded diminutive of loube (löubelīn) ‘small bower’. This surname is very rare in Germany. Compare Hickenlooper .

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

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