Brief Life History of Maria Augusta
When Maria Augusta Behling was born on 3 April 1899, in Hamburg, Germany, her father, Ferdinand August Heinrich Behling, was 34 and her mother, Augusta Nohr, was 35. She married Romeo Freer Patton on 15 November 1922, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Union District, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 16 February 1995, in Ferron, Emery, Utah, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Ferron, Emery, Utah, United States.
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Sources (21)
- Mary Patton, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mary Augusta Behling, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Mary A Patton, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1901 · The Daughters of Utah Pioneers
The Daughters of Utah Pioneers was organized by Annie Taylor Hyde after she invited a group of fifty-four women to her home to find ways to recognize names and achievements of the men, women and children who were the pioneers. They followed the lead of other national lineage societies, such as the Daughters of the American Revolution. They were legally incorporated in 1925.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Hans, Kurt, Erwin, Ewald, Heinz, Monika, Reinhold.
German:
habitational name from Behling in the Ruhr district (near Hagen), or possibly from Behlingen, Württemberg, Lower Saxony, Bavaria, or Belingen (Rhineland-Palatinate).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesStory Highlight
Freer and Mary, written by their daughter, Anna May Curtis
FREER AND MARY [Romeo Freer and Mary Behling Patton] Romeo Freer, the oldest of Nelson Patton's children, built a home and raised his family in Guthrie, West Virginia, a few yards up the road and wit …
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