Stella A. Gritzner

Brief Life History of Stella A.

When Stella A. Gritzner was born on 13 August 1901, in Watertown, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States, her father, John Amandus Gritzner, was 29 and her mother, Emma Haselow, was 23. She had at least 2 sons with Erwin E. Schmidt. She died on 18 February 1972, in Watertown, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Watertown, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Erwin E. Schmidt
1901–1969
Stella A. Gritzner
1901–1972
Floyd Erwin Schmidt
1924–2016
Kenneth Ernst Schmidt
1926–2011

Sources (7)

  • Stella Gritzner in household of John A Gritzner, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Estella Agnes Gritzner, "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926"
  • Stella A Schmidt, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment

The maximum hours for children to work were set to 55 per week.

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt.

German:

(Silesia): occupational name for a grist miller, from Middle Low German grutte ‘grits, coarsely ground flour’.

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

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