Erma R. Burmeister

Female19 November 1914–8 November 1963

Brief Life History of Erma R.

When Erma R. Burmeister was born on 19 November 1914, in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, her father, John Burmeister, was 32 and her mother, Josephine Irene Alice Kate Bartrim, was 25. She married John Michael Angus Chisholm on 12 May 1935, in Kellogg, Shoshone, Idaho, United States. She died on 8 November 1963, in Kellogg, Shoshone, Idaho, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Shoshone, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Michael Angus Chisholm
1904–1979
Erma R. Burmeister
1914–1963
Marriage: 12 May 1935

Sources (4)

  • Erma Burmeister, "Idaho Marriages, 1878-1898; 1903-1942"
  • Erma Chisholm, "Idaho, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
  • Irma in entry for Johnie Russell Burmeister, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    12 May 1935Kellogg, Shoshone, Idaho, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

    Age 2

    Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

    1917

    Age 3

    U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

    1929

    Age 15

    13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Erwin, Klaus, Otto, Ewald, Fritz, Gerhardt, Gernot, Hans, Horst, Juergen, Ulrike.

    North German: status name for the mayor or chief magistrate of a town, village, or peasant commune (Bauerschaft), from Middle Low German būr ‘inhabitant, dweller, neighbor, peasant, citizen’ + mēster ‘master’.

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

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