Brief Life History of Sophie
When Sophie Wintergreen was born on 10 February 1893, in Romania, her father, Samuel Wintergrün, was 29 and her mother, Hannah Greenberg, was 26. She had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Joseph A Schwartz. She died on 30 September 1964, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Waldheim Jewish Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (14)
- Sophie Schwartz, "United States 1950 Census"
- Sophie Wintergreen Or Wintergarum, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968"
- Sophie W Schwartz, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998"
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World Events (8)
1895
Romanians in Constantinople were massacred.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
form of Sophia . In the English-speaking world, where it is often taken as a pet form of that name, it has been popular since the 18th century, and has become particularly fashionable since the 1990s.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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