Brief Life History of Gladola
When Gladola Gamble was born on 27 February 1913, her father, Oscar Leo Gambill, was 21 and her mother, Mary Ellen Valk, was 27. She married August Frank Soetebier in 1933. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Blue Mound, Linn, Kansas, United States for about 15 years. She died on 28 July 2000, at the age of 87, and was buried in La Harpe Cemetery, La Harpe, Allen, Kansas, United States.
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- Gladola Gambill, "Kansas State Census, 1915"
- Gladola Baker, "Find A Grave Index"
- Gladola Baker in entry for Darrel Ray Baker, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
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World Events (8)
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.
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.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: from the personal name Gamall, Gamal (Old Norse gamall ‘old’). The medial [b] has developed as a transitional consonant between [m] and [l], as in thimble (from Old English thȳmel).
Altered form of German Gambel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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