Brief Life History of Lillie
When Lillie Offer was born on 23 January 1890, in Saltillo, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States, her father, Wilhelm Offer, was 31 and her mother, Hannah Wissel, was 26. She lived in Roca, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States in 1900. She died in September 1978, in Campbell, Franklin, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Campbell, Franklin, Nebraska, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Lillie Offer in household of William F Offer, "United States Census, 1910"
- Lillie Offer in household of William Offer, "United States Census, 1900"
Parents and Siblings
1858–1929 Male
1864–1923 Female
Siblings (10)
1884–1975 Female
1886–1968 Female
1888–1890 Female
1890–1978 Female
1893–1954 Male
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 6
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 8
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
Age 23
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): occupational name from Middle English orfrer ‘maker of orphrey or gold embroidery’, from Old French orfreis, medieval Latin aufrisium, a modification of Late Latin auriphyrigium ‘Phrygian gold’ (the Phrygians being famed in antiquity for their gold embroidery). Compare Officer .
English (of Norman origin): occupational name for a goldsmith, from Old French orfevre ‘goldsmith’ (from Latin aurifaber, from aurum ‘gold’ + faber ‘maker’). Compare French Fèvre (see Lefevre ).
German: variant of Off .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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