Brief Life History of Emma Bertha
When Emma Bertha Bluemel was born on 5 October 1862, in Janowitz, Breslau, Silesia, Prussia, Germany, her father, Ernest Wilhelm Bluemel, was 29 and her mother, Johanne Christiane Friedericke Adolph, was 29. She married James Marshall Conger on 29 November 1883, in Almy, Uinta, Wyoming, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 8 February 1949, in Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Sources (28)
- Emma B Pendsey in household of James R Pendsey, "United States Census, 1940"
- Blanche Emma Martin, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Emma B Bluewel, "Wyoming Marriages, 1869-1923"
Spouse and Children
Children (6)
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Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1864
War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1890
Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.
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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