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
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"
Parents and Siblings
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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