Brief Life History of Florence I
When Florence I Siegfried was born on 12 May 1918, in Centre Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Ephraim A Siegfried, was 44 and her mother, Selinda S Weaver, was 42. She married Ellis Eugene Graeff. She lived in United States in 1949 and West Hamburg, Tilden Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1950. She died on 24 November 2006, in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Salem-Berne Methodist Church Cemetery, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Florence I Graeff, "United States Census, 1950"
- Florence I Dunkelberger, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Florence I Siegfrid Graeff in entry for Ellis E Graeff, "Pennsylvania Obituaries, 1977-2010"
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World Events (8)
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
German: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements sigi ‘victory’ + frithu ‘peace’. The German surname has also occasionally been adopted by Ashkenazic Jews. It is also found in France (Alsace).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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