Brief Life History of Helen Louise
When Helen Louise Bamberg was born on 17 April 1902, in Kingfisher, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States, her father, Lorenz Bamberg, was 50 and her mother, Catherina Roeder, was 39. She married Ovid Tecumseh Legan on 2 October 1920, in Kingfisher, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States. She lived in Avilla, Comanche, Kansas, United States in 1930 and Avilla Township, Comanche, Kansas, United States in 1940. She died on 20 March 2001, at the age of 98, and was buried in Kingfisher Cemetery, Kingfisher, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Helen L Bamberg in household of Catherine Bamberg, "United States Census, 1920"
- Helen Bamberg, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
- Helen Louise Bamberg Legan, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag
The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.
1928 · Kansas Wheat
In 1928, Kansas produced one-seventh of the world's wheat crop. Several years later in 1931, Kansas had produced a record breaking 240 million bushels of wheat.
Name Meaning
German and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): habitational name from the city of Bamberg in Bavaria (formerly in Upper Franconia).
History: Between 1007 and 1702 the city of Bamberg was the capital of a powerful ecclesiastical state, and in the 15th century the bishops of Bamberg were raised to princely rank.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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