Margarete Gertrude Sandstrom
17 March 1904–3 November 2003 (Age 99)
Bertrand, Phelps, Nebraska, United States
The Life of Margarete Gertrude
Margarete Gertrude Sandstrom was born on 17 March 1904, in Bertrand, Phelps, Nebraska, United States. She married Harvey Emmett McDowell on 1 August 1937, in Bertrand, Phelps, Nebraska, United States. She died on 3 November 2003, in Johnson, Nemaha, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 99.
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Family Time Line
Harvey Emmett McDowell
1903–1985
Margarete Gertrude Sandstrom
1904–2003
Marriage: 1 August 1937
Spouse and Children
1903–1985Male
1904–2003Female
MARRIAGE
1 August 1937
Bertrand, Phelps, Nebraska, United States
1 August 1937
Bertrand, Phelps, Nebraska, United States
World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
Age 2
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1906 · Licencing Butchers
Age 2
A law that makes it a crime to misbrand meat being sold as food, and ensures that the meat is slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
1931
Age 27
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
Swedish (Sandström): ornamental name composed of the elements sand ‘sand’ + ström ‘river’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (2)
- Marguerite Gertrude Sandstrom, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- Legacy NFS Source: Margarete Gertrude Sandstrom - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Margarete Gertrude Sandstrom
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