Brief Life History of Rose
When Rose Wirth was born in 1906, in New Jersey, United States, her father, Jacob Adam Wirth, was 32 and her mother, Margaret “Maggie” Anderson, was 21. She had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter with Frank Giberson Jr.. She lived in Medford Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States in 1940 and Indian Mills, Shamong Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States in 1950. She died in 1987, in New Jersey, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Colestown Cemetery, Colestown, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Rosie Giberson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Rose L Wirth in entry for Benjamin F Giberson, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
- Rosie Wirth in household of Jacob A Wirth, "New Jersey State Census, 1915"
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World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
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.
1911
The Standard Oil Company had reached a point of almost complete monopoly, managing over 90% of oil flows in the United States. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was a large, integrated association that produced, transported, refined, and marketed the product. In 1911, the Supreme Court declared that the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. As a result, it was split into 34 smaller companies.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Kurt, Hans, Erwin, Gunter, Dieter, Ernst, Gerhard, Manfred, Reinhold, Armin, Erna.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for an inn-keeper, Middle High German wirt, German Wirt.
German: status name for a man who was head of a family and master of his own household, from the same word in the sense ‘provider’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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