August Anton Wodnick

Brief Life History of August Anton

When August Anton Wodnick was born on 25 April 1895, in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States, his father, Anton Wodnik, was 32 and his mother, Magdelan Farris, was 34. He married Mary R Stransky on 12 August 1919, in Steele, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Owatonna, Steele, Minnesota, United States in 1920 and Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 19 December 1943, in Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 48.

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Family Time Line

August Anton Wodnick
1895–1943
Mary R Stransky
1894–1989
Marriage: 12 August 1919
Paul John Wodnick
1920–1964
Lawrence James Wodnick
1921–1943
James Joseph Wodnick
1926–2001

Sources (8)

  • August Wodnick, "United States Census, 1940"
  • August Wodnick, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
  • August Anton Wodnick, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"

World Events (8)

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.

1898 · The Kensington Runestone

A Swedish man, Olof Ohman, was farming on his land when he came across a 202-pound rock slab that had strange writing on it. Convinced it was proof that Scandinavian explorers came to that area before Columbus found the Americas, he had it looked at by scholars and linguists to find its translation. There has been a drawn-out debate on the stone's authenticity, with a scholarly consensus that classifies it as a hoax and the community which is convinced that it is authentic.

1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Frieda, Irmgard.

Americanized or Germanized form of the Polish occupational name Woźnik ‘carter’, or of its Ukrainian cognate Voznik, which is based on a Russian-oriented transliteration of viznyk ‘carter’.

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

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