Estella Bender

Brief Life History of Estella

When Estella Bender was born on 14 December 1877, in Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Charles J. Bender, was 60 and her mother, Elizabeth Murtz, was 27. She married John Joseph Petreat on 18 August 1908. She lived in Howard, Brown, Wisconsin, United States in 1880 and Howard Town, Brown, Wisconsin, United States in 1900. She died on 5 July 1963, in Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Fort Howard, Brown, Wisconsin, United States.

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John Joseph Petreat
1873–1911
Estella Bender
1877–1963
Marriage: 18 August 1908

Sources (3)

  • Estella Bender, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Estella M Bender, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
  • Estella Bender in household of Elizabeth Bender, "United States Census, 1900"

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World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1883 · The Newhall House Hotel Fire

A fire erupted on January 10, 1883, at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee. The fire began at 4:00 am in an elevator shaft and raced up through the building. The fire spread so quickly that many could not escape. General and Mrs. Tom Thumb, stars of P.T. Barnum's circus, were guests in the hotel at the time of the fire. A firefighter reached them by ladder and they were able to escape safely. The exact number of deaths remains unknown as the hotel register was destroyed in the fire, however, the death toll is estimated between 75-90.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

German: occupational name for a cooper, a short form of Fassbender . Compare Bainter and Painter .

English (London): metonymic occupational name for an archer or bow maker, from Middle English bender, an agent derivative of benden ‘to bend’ (Old English bendan). Compare Benbow .

Hungarian: from bender ‘curl’, hence a nickname for someone with curly hair.

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

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