Brief Life History of Helen Marie
When Helen Marie Piestrzynski was born on 23 April 1948, in San Francisco, California, United States, her father, Edward Tiestnazynski, was 43 and her mother, Mathilda Stohler, was 28. She died on 13 May 2013, at the age of 65, and was buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo, California, United States.
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Sources (5)
- Helen Marie Piestrzynski, "California Birth Index, 1905-1995"
- Helen M Piestrzynsk, "California Marriage Index, 1960-1985"
- Helen Marie Piestrzynski Minotti, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1949 · NATO is Established
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.
1953 · Grizzly Bear Becomes State Animal
The California grizzly bear became designated as the state animal in 1953.
1966 · The Freedom of Information Act
Is a federal law that requires that full or partial disclosure of all previously unreleased government documents or information to be given upon request.
Name Meaning
vernacular form of the name (Greek Hēlēnē) borne in classical legend by a famous beauty, wife of Menelaus, whose seizure by the Trojan prince Paris sparked off the Trojan War. Her name is of uncertain origin; it may be connected with a word meaning ‘ray’ or ‘sunbeam’ compare Greek hēlios ‘sun’. It has sometimes been taken as connected with the Greek word meaning ‘Greek’, Hellēn, but this is doubtful. In the early Christian period the name was borne by the mother of the Emperor Constantine, who is now usually known by the Latin version of her name, Helena. She is credited with having found the True Cross in Jerusalem. She was born in about 248 , probably in Bithynia. However, in medieval England it was believed that she had been born in Britain, which greatly increased the popularity of the name there.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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