Norma Ione Rhoads

Brief Life History of Norma Ione

When Norma Ione Rhoads was born on 24 May 1896, in Sutherland, O'Brien, Iowa, United States, her father, William Berton Rhoads, was 24 and her mother, Mary Ellen Rowland, was 20. She married Gustavus Benson Youngberg on 24 December 1916, in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She immigrated to San Francisco, California, United States in 1940 and lived in Civil Bend Township, Union, South Dakota, United States in 1910 and Arlington, Riverside, California, United States in 1945. She died on 17 August 1984, in Riverside, Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Gustavus Benson Youngberg
1888–1944
Norma Ione Rhoads
1896–1984
Marriage: 24 December 1916
Rita Ruth Youngberg
1918–2009
Bruce Youngberg
Robert Rawleigh Youngberg
1920–2004
Rhodabelle Youngberg
1922–2004
James Rowland Youngberg
1928–2012
Dr Gustavus Benson Youngberg
1933–2013

Sources (17)

  • Norma I Rhoads in household of Bert Rhoads, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Norma Rhoads, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
  • Norma B Youngberg, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.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

English: variant of Rhodes .

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

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