Lillian Bertha Knoll
1902–1971 (Age 69)
Dundee Township, Kane, Illinois, United States
The Life of Lillian Bertha
When Lillian Bertha Knoll was born in 1902, in Dundee Township, Kane, Illinois, United States, her father, Friedrich Knoll, was 34 and her mother, Dorathea Sophia Marie Louise Sieckman, was 31. She lived in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States in 1910. She died in 1971, in Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 69.
Photos & Memories (3)
Family Time Line
Elnor Edwin Gruhle
1899–1986
Lillian Bertha Knoll
1902–1971
Spouse and Children
1899–1986Male
1902–1971Female
Parents and Siblings
Friedrich Knoll
1868–1903Male
1871–1971Female
siblings
(4)
Bertha Sophia Knoll
1897–Female
1899–1982Female
1901–1974Female
1902–1971Female
World Events (8)
1902 · So Much Farm Land
Age 0
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment
Age 5
The maximum hours for children to work were set to 55 per week.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 21
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
1 English and German: topographic name for someone living near a hilltop or mountain peak, from Middle English knolle ‘hilltop’, ‘hillock’ (Old English cnoll), Middle High German knol ‘peak’. In some cases the English name is habitational, from one of the many places named with this word, for example Knole in Kent or Knowle in Dorset, West Midlands, etc.2 German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a peasant or a crude clumsy person, from Middle High German knolle ‘lump’, ‘clod’, German Knolle.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
- Lilly Knoll in household of Dora Knoll, "United States Census, 1910"
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