Brief Life History of Emma Gertrude
When Emma Gertrude Wyss was born on 21 April 1896, in Clay, Kansas, United States, her father, Frederick Wyss, was 48 and her mother, Caroline Wyss, was 38. She married Adolph Frank Wyss on 8 October 1919, in Gladstone, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Smoky Hill Township, Geary, Kansas, United States in 1920 and Fragrant Hill Township, Dickinson, Kansas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 4 October 1979, in Junction City, Geary, Kansas, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Clifton, Washington, Kansas, United States.
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- Emma G Wyss in household of Adolph T Wyss, "Kansas State Census, 1925"
- Emma Gertrude Wyss, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- Emma G. Wyss, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
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.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Otto, Willi, Bernd, Frieda, Fritz, Gerhard, Gottlieb, Kurt, Urs.
Swiss German: Alemannic form of Weiss .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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