Brief Life History of Ethel Lorraine
When Ethel Lorraine Brouillard was born on 27 May 1924, in Potosi, Grant, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Bert Raymond Brouillard, was 40 and her mother, Edna Lillian Higgins, was 34. She married Marion Lawrence Gardner on 20 June 1942, in Dubuque, Iowa, United States. She died on 23 April 2017, in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States.
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- Ethel L Brouillard, "United States Census, 1940"
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World Events (8)
1925 · Woman's World's Fair
The first Woman's World's Fair was held in Chicago in 1925. The idea of the completely women-run fair was to display the progress of ideas, work, and products of twentieth-century women
1926 · Iowa becomes a provider of food to the world
Pioneer Hi-Bred International was the leader company experimenting with hybridization of corn and other seeds for agriculture in the world. It helped make different kinds of crop able to grow in harsh conditions so that other parts of the world would be able to farm and become self-sufficient. It was bought out by DuPont in 1999 and has continued to help struggling countries around the world.
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Lucien, Marcel, Fernand, Alain, Aurele, Camille, Damien, Donat, Euclide, Herve, Ovila.
French: habitational name from (Le) Brouillard, the name of several places mainly in the westcentral part of France, derived from Old Occitan brolh, brouil ‘copse enclosed by a wall or hedge’.
History: Charles Brouillard from Lésigny in Vienne, France, married Pétronille Danis in Montreal, QC, in 1688.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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