Wanda Wilma Wycoff

Female8 August 1923–25 November 2003

Brief Life History of Wanda Wilma

When Wanda Wilma Wycoff was born on 8 August 1923, her father, Archie Porter Wycoff, was 41 and her mother, Floe E. Kennel, was 31. She married Carl Leon Schmatjen on 2 March 1942, in United States. She lived in Benton Township, Beaver, Oklahoma, United States for about 10 years and Beaver, Beaver, Oklahoma, United States in 1950. She died on 25 November 2003, in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Clear Lake, Beaver, Oklahoma, United States.

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Carl Leon Schmatjen
1919–1995
Wanda Wilma Wycoff
1923–2003
Marriage: 2 March 1942

Sources (18)

  • Wanda W Schmatjen, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Wanda Wycoff, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
  • Wanda Wilma Wycoff Schmatjen, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    2 March 1942United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1927

    Age 4

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

    1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag

    Age 4

    The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.

    1944 · The G.I Bill

    Age 21

    The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

    Name Meaning

    Variant of Wyckoff , a surname of East Frisian origin.

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

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