Brief Life History of Orville Wesley
When Orville Wesley Obenchain was born on 14 September 1914, in Jasper, Indiana, United States, his father, Samuel Wesley Obenchain, was 45 and his mother, Rosa Katherine Hershman, was 39. He married Flora Bailey on 21 October 1935, in Jasper, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Leroy, Winfield Township, Lake, Indiana, United States in 1940 and Boone Township, Porter, Indiana, United States in 1950. He died on 30 December 2000, in Hebron, Boone Township, Porter, Indiana, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Wheatfield, Wheatfield Township, Jasper, Indiana, United States.
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- Orville W Obenchian, "United States 1950 Census"
- Orville Obenchain, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Orville Wesley Obenchain, "Indiana, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Abendschein or of its variant Abendschön. Compare Obenshain .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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