Brief Life History of Leola Mary
When Leola Mary Widmer was born on 18 January 1913, in Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, her father, Peter Godfred Widmer, was 26 and her mother, Marie Margaret Straus, was 22. She had at least 1 daughter with Harold Wolff. She died on 29 August 1985, in Ramsey, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 72.
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Sources (14)
- Leola M Widmer in household of Peter Widmer, "United States Census, 1920"
- Leola Mary Widmer, "Minnesota, Births and Christenings, 1840-1980"
- Leola Wolff, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1914 · The Man With The First Air Conditioned Home
Charles Gates was the first person in the United States to install air conditioning in his home. Funny thing was, Gates died a year before it was installed.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Christoph, Hans, Helmut, Sieg, Armin, Ernst, Hans Peter, Konrad, Othmar, Siegfried, Ute.
German and Swiss German: status name from Middle High German widemer ‘tenant farmer who worked on land that had been endowed to a parish church, Middle High German widem(e) ‘prebend’.
German: variant of Wittmer 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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