Brief Life History of Anna Bernice
When Anna Bernice Prall was born on 26 August 1896, in Clark, Indiana, United States, her father, Charles Amon Prall, was 30 and her mother, Anna Amanda Caldwell, was 28. She married Anthony Kaelin on 22 December 1915, in Scott, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Rural, Washington Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States in 1935 and Charlestown Township, Clark, Indiana, United States in 1940. She died on 27 March 1981, in Clark, Indiana, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Charlestown, Charlestown Township, Clark, Indiana, United States.
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- Bernice Karlin in household of Anthony Karlin, "United States Census, 1920"
- Bernice Prall, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Bernice Kaelin, "Find A Grave Index"
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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 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.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
German: nickname for a noisy or boisterous person, from Middle High German pral ‘noise’.
English (Kent): habitational name from East Prawle or West Prawle, both in Devon, probably named with Old English prā(w) ‘lookout’ + hyll ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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