Mary Christina Brandenberger

Female22 January 1917–3 December 2007

Brief Life History of Mary Christina

When Mary Christina Brandenberger was born on 22 January 1917, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, her father, Albert Brandenberger, was 40 and her mother, Anna Freda Nollenberger, was 35. She married John D. Beckett on 18 April 1937, in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States. She lived in Los Angeles Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940 and Paradise, Butte, California, United States for about 1 years. She died on 3 December 2007, in Chico, Butte, California, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Paradise, Butte, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

John D. Beckett
1915–2000
Mary Christina Brandenberger
1917–2007
Marriage: 18 April 1937

Sources (8)

  • Mary C Beckett, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Mary Brandenberg, "California Birth Index, 1905-1995"
  • Mary Christina Brandenberger, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    18 April 1937Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

    Age 1

    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.

    1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary

    Age 17

    Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963. 

    1941

    Age 24

    Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    Swiss German: habitational name for someone from a place called Brandenberg (see Brandenberg ).

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

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