Brief Life History of Jacob
When Jacob Hiegel was born on 8 April 1918, in Mitchell, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States, his father, John Heigel, was 39 and his mother, Olga Bigalski, was 37. He married Freda Schaaf on 16 August 1940, in Bayard, Morrill, Nebraska, United States. He lived in Mitchell, Eagle, Colorado, United States in 2005 and Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States in 2005. He died on 24 August 2005, in Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States.
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- Jake Heigel in household of John Heigel, "United States Census, 1940"
- Jacob Hiegel, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- Jake Hiegel, "Nebraska, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1921 · Flash floods kill 1500
On June 3 1921, flash floods in Pueblo cause over $20 million in damage and kill over 1,500 people in its wake.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
French (Lorraine and Alsace) and German: from a regional variant of German Hügel (see Huegel ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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