When Woodrow Wilson Bontrager was born on 29 May 1919, in Wellman, Washington, Iowa, United States, his father, William Harrison Bontrager, was 31 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth DeWees, was 32. He married Jean Lee Ella Bice on 6 June 1941, in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States. He lived in United States in 1949 and Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1944. He died on 18 August 2012, in Walker, Linn, Iowa, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Quasqueton Cemetery, Quasqueton, Buchanan, Iowa, United States.
Americanized form of German Bornträger (see Borntrager ). It is most common in IN.
History: This is the name of a Mennonite (Amish) family, borne by descendants of (Johann) Martin Bornträger from Germany, who arrived in Philadelphia, PA, on the Sally in 1767 with his sons John, Christian, and Andrew.
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