Brief Life History of Lorraine Dorothy
When Lorraine Dorothy Vollstaedt was born on 23 September 1918, in St. Clair, St. Clair, Michigan, United States, her father, Ernest Emil Vollstaedt, was 41 and her mother, Marie Louise Reinicke, was 43. She died on 11 August 2007, at the age of 88.
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Sources (3)
- Loraine D Volsteadt in household of Ernest E Volsteadt, "United States Census, 1930"
- Lorraine Vollsteadt Brougham, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
- Lorain Vollsted in household of Ernest Vollsted, "United States Census, 1920"
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World Events (8)
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto.
German: habitational name from Vollstedt in Schleswig-Holstein.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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