Brief Life History of Lillie
When Lillie Brunkow was born on 12 June 1898, in Nebraska, United States, her father, August F Brunkow, was 34 and her mother, Elizabeth Matzke, was 36. She married Jesse A. Gross on 16 December 1915, in Western, Saline, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in South Fork Township, Saline, Nebraska, United States in 1930 and South Fork Election Precinct, Saline, Nebraska, United States in 1940. She was buried in Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, United States.
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- Lilly Gross in household of Jesse A Gross, "United States Census, 1940"
- Lily M Brunkow Dickmeyer, "Find A Grave Index"
- Lillie Gross in entry for Harlen J Gross, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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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.
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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.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
East German: habitational name from Brunkau near Stendal (Saxony-Anhalt).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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