Mary Weiss

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Weiss was born on 4 April 1896, in Morrison, Minnesota, United States, her father, John Weiss, was 32 and her mother, Catherina Eller, was 30. She lived in Granite Township, Morrison, Minnesota, United States in 1910.

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Family Time Line

John Weiss
1864–1936
Catherina Eller
1865–1941
Mary Regina Weiss
1885–1983
Katherine Weiss
1886–1969
John Weis
1888–
Hubert P Weiss
1892–1971
Peter Weis
1894–
Amelia Weiss
1896–1979
Mary Weiss
1896–
Eleanor Weiss
1898–1980
Theresia Marie Weiss
1900–1978
Michael Weiss
1902–1983
Sylvester Hubert Weiss
1906–1985

Sources (1)

  • Mary Weiss, "United States Census, 1910"

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.

1898 · The Kensington Runestone

A Swedish man, Olof Ohman, was farming on his land when he came across a 202-pound rock slab that had strange writing on it. Convinced it was proof that Scandinavian explorers came to that area before Columbus found the Americas, he had it looked at by scholars and linguists to find its translation. There has been a drawn-out debate on the stone's authenticity, with a scholarly consensus that classifies it as a hoax and the community which is convinced that it is authentic.

1927

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

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Erwin, Hans, Gerhard, Fritz, Manfred, Egon, Armin, Arno, Gunther, Heinz. Jewish Chaim, Moshe, Emanuel, Aron, Meyer, Mendel, Hyman, Isadore, Zvi, Shlomo.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with white hair or a remarkably pale complexion, from Middle High German wīz, German weiss ‘white’. This surname is also found in Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Croatia, often as a German translation of a corresponding Slavic surnames, e.g. Slovenian Belec and Bele (see Belle ). It is also found in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Denmark, and the Netherlands.

German: variant of Weis .

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

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