Helen Sophie Katharina Ensslin

Female14 August 1877–27 September 1950

Brief Life History of Helen Sophie Katharina

When Helen Sophie Katharina Ensslin was born on 14 August 1877, in Ohio, United States, her father, John George Ensslin, was 36 and her mother, Wilhelmina Schleicher, was 33. She married Ben W. Sueger on 4 April 1907, in Erie, Ohio, United States. She lived in Portland Township, Erie, Ohio, United States in 1900. She died on 27 September 1950, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Sandusky, Erie, Ohio, United States.

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Ben W. Sueger
1877–1908
Helen Sophie Katharina Ensslin
1877–1950
Marriage: 4 April 1907

Sources (15)

  • Helen J Ensley in household of Leonard Ensley, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Helen Enslin Suger, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Helen S. Ensslin, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    4 April 1907Erie, Ohio, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (9)

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    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 4

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

    Age 14

    Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 21

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: German Helmut, Johann.

    South German: from a pet form of the personal name Anselm .

    German: from a pet form of the personal name Ernst .

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

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