Roy Vetter

3 July 1898–January 1978 (Age 79)
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

The Life of Roy

When Roy Vetter was born on 3 July 1898, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, John Alfred Vetter, was 38 and his mother, Anna Christine Johnson, was 41. He married Jennie Seifert on 7 May 1918. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Cook, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died in January 1978, in Chicago Heights, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 79.

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Family Time Line

Roy Vetter
1898–1978
Jennie Seifert
1900–1980
Marriage: 7 May 1918
Marjorie Vetter
1919–
LaVerne Vetter
1920–1962

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
7 May 1918
children

(2)

    Marjorie Vetter

    Female1919–Female

    LaVerne Vetter

    Female1920–1962Female

Parents and Siblings

    John Alfred Vetter

    Male1859–1929Male

    Anna Christine Johnson

    Female1856–1922Female

siblings

(5)

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

Age 2

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1900 · The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal

Age 2

Historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is a canal system that connects the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River. It reverses the direction of the Chicago River, which now flows out of Lake Michigan rather than into it. It is one of two canals that helps navigation to ships traveling between the Great Lakes Waterway and the Mississippi River system.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

Age 21

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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

Name Meaning

German: nickname from Middle High German veter(e) ‘uncle’, ‘nephew’. The word is from Old High German fetiro (a derivative of fater ‘father’), which was used more generally to denote various male relatives; the meaning of modern German Vetter is ‘cousin’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • Roy Vitter in household of Alfred Vetter, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Roy Vetter, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Roy Vetter, "United States Census, 1940"

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