Gertrude Jevitz
1915–3 December 2003 (Age 88)
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
The Life of Gertrude
Gertrude Jevitz was born in 1915, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. She had at least 1 daughter with Raymond Adalbert Smerge. She died on 3 December 2003, in Gurnee, Lake, Illinois, United States, at the age of 88.
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Family Time Line
Raymond Adalbert Smerge
1915–1958
Gertrude Jevitz
1915–2003
Mark Smerge
1945–1984
Joan Smerge
1952–2010
Spouse and Children
1915–1958Male
1915–2003Female
children
(2)
1945–1984
1952–2010Female
World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 1
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.
1919 · The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
Age 4
During the Chicago race riot, which was raised by racial conflicts throughout Chicago, thirty-eight people died (23 black and 15 white) and over five hundred were injured. It is considered the worst of the approximately 25 riots during the Red Summer and was the worst race riot in Illinois.
1941
Age 26
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Jewish (Ashkenazic): Germanized variant of Levitch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Gertrude Jevitz - Published information: birth-name: Gertrude Jevitz
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