Brief Life History of Martha Marie
When Martha Marie Lange was born on 31 March 1883, in Burton, Washington, Texas, United States, her father, Johann Friedrich August Lange, was 42 and her mother, Emelia Augusta Pollei, was 43. She married William Wendler on 17 January 1905, in Washington, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in United States in 1949 and Washington, Washington, Texas, United States in 1950. She died on 27 November 1954, in Brenham, Washington, Republic of Texas, at the age of 71, and was buried in Greenvine, Washington, Texas, United States.
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Sources (15)
- Martha Wendler, "United States 1950 Census"
- Martha Lange, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- Martha Marie Wendler, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Erwin, Heinz, Horst, Otto, Wolfgang, Ernst, Helmut, Hermann, Manfred, Reinhold.
German, Scandinavian, and Dutch: variant of Lang ‘long’. This surname is also found in Poland and in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Compare De Lange .
French: variant, with fused definite article l', of Ange 2. Compare Longe 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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