Jeannette J Meister

Female20 April 1915–17 May 2007

Brief Life History of Jeannette J

When Jeannette J Meister was born on 20 April 1915, in Washington, United States, her father, Frank Marcus Meister, was 39 and her mother, Lillian Louise Magers, was 32. She lived in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States for about 20 years. She died on 17 May 2007, in Spokane, Washington, United States, at the age of 92.

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Harry G. Mielke
1911–1990
Jeannette J Meister
1915–2007

Sources (5)

  • Jeannette Mielke in household of Harry Mielke, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Edna Meister, "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965"
  • Jeannette J Meister, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

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World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Age 1

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.

1916 · Boeing Aircraft

Age 1

The Boeing Aircraft was named and created by William Boeing. The first two planes were Bluebill and Mallard and the first flight was July 15, 1916. Boeing aircrafts made their debut during WWI. 

1940

Age 25

Galloping Gertie is the reference used to describe the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It opened on July 1, 1940 four months later it no longer existed. On November 7, 1940 the wind gusts came up to 40 miles an hour causing the bridge to twist and vibrate violently before it collapsed into Puget Sound. The only victim of the bridge collapsing was a three-legged paralyzed dog named Tubby whose owner tried to rescue him from the car but he wouldn’t go with him.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Konrad, Otto, Fritz, Hans, Klaus, Alois, Bernhard, Dieter, Ewald, Hellmut, Helmut.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): status name for someone who was master of his craft, from Middle High German meister ‘master’ (from Latin magister). As a Jewish surname it denoted a rabbi as a leading figure in a Jewish community. The German surname in this form is also found in some other European countries, e.g. in France (Alsace), the Netherlands, Czechia, and Poland.

Germanized form of Slovenian Majster or Majšter, and possibly also of Czech Majstr: status name of ultimate German origin (see 1 above).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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