Brief Life History of Henry Le Roy
When Henry Le Roy Bluemel was born on 8 April 1897, in Lyman, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, his father, Henry John Bluemel, was 27 and his mother, Melissa Jane Stewart, was 18. He married Rachel Christina Voss on 9 January 1920, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 3 May 1942, in Lyman, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Lyman City Cemetery, Lyman, Uinta, Wyoming, United States.
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- Henry R Bluemel, "United States Census, 1930"
- Henry Leroy Bluemel, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Henry Bluemel, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1898 · War with the Spanish
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.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hermann, Ralf.
South German (Blümel): from a diminutive of Middle High German bluome ‘flower’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a gardener or florist or, in some cases, possibly a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a flower. Compare Blumel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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