Cindy Merle Alkema

Brief Life History of Cindy Merle

When Cindy Merle Alkema was born on 30 June 1906, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, her father, Klaas "Claude" Alkema, was 31 and her mother, Aafke Effie Mann, was 31. She married William Albert Smith on 19 August 1931, in Weber, Utah, United States. She died on 17 January 1981, at the age of 74, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ernest Albin Bartell
1912–1984
Cindy Merle Alkema
1906–1981
Marriage: 2 December 1940

Sources (38)

  • Cindy Bartell, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Cindy Merle Alkema, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
  • Cindy M Alkema, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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World Events (8)

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

1909 · The Grand Opera House of Ogden Changes its name

Known as the Orpheum Theatre, the Opera House was built in 1890 because there was no play house located in the City. People came from all around to see the shows. When the name was changed to the Orpheum, different shows came about to please the viewers tastes and ideas.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

West Frisian: patronymic, formed with the suffix -ma ‘(one of the) men of’, from the personal name Alke, a diminutive of Al(e), a short form of an ancient Germanic name based on the element adal ‘noble’. See Alma .

Dutch: habitational name from Alkemade, a former manor in the province of South Holland.

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

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