Loretta Gubbels

Brief Life History of Loretta

When Loretta Gubbels was born on 3 April 1917, in Randolph, Cedar, Nebraska, United States, her father, Mathias H Gubbels, was 23 and her mother, Sophia Scharf, was 22. She lived in Precinct 19 Election Precinct, Cedar, Nebraska, United States for about 10 years. She died on 24 December 2007, in Campbellsport, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Campbellsport, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Mathias H Gubbels
1893–1976
Sophia Scharf
1894–1976
Loretta Gubbels
1917–2007
Isidore John Gubbels
1919–1975
Alexia Margaret Gubbels
1922–2005
Michael Joseph Gubbels
1924–2013
Melvin Gubbels
1933–
Thomas Jacob Gubbels
1937–2018

Sources (4)

  • Loretta Gubbels in household of M H Gubbels, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Magdalita Gubbels, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Loretta A Gubbels in household of Mathias H Gubbels, "United States Census, 1930"

World Events (8)

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

1919 · Minimum Wage Laws Passed

The first minimum wage law took effect in 1919 and specified women and children under 17 years of age should be paid 22 cents per hour.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Dutch and German: patronymic from a pet form of the ancient Germanic personal name Godebert, from gōd ‘good’ or god, got ‘god’ + berht ‘shining’.

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

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