Lillie Offer

Female23 January 1890–September 1978

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

Wilhelm Offer
1858–1929
Hannah Wissel
1864–1923
Edith Awendolen or Ida Offer
1884–1975
Offer
1900–1900
Alvin A. Offer
1901–1952
Anna Offer
1886–1968
Lizzie Offer
1888–1890
Lillie Offer
1890–1978
Edward William Offer
1893–1954
Hilda Offer
1895–1971
Elsie Offer
1897–1981
Ralph Offer
1904–1982

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

Siblings (10)

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 6

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 8

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.

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

Age 23

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

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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