Brief Life History of Vera Irene
When Vera Irene Kesler was born on 7 August 1912, in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States, her father, James Abraham Kesler, was 28 and her mother, Minnie Clara Dobler, was 24. She married Robert Sylvester Vaiden on 7 August 1937, in Van Wert, Ohio, United States. She lived in Van Wert, Van Wert, Ohio, United States for about 15 years and Moline, Rock Island, Illinois, United States in 1940. She died on 17 December 2003, in Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States.
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- Vera Vaiden in household of Robert Vaiden, "United States Census, 1940"
- Mrs Vera I Mcateer, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Vera I Kesler, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1913 · Women get the right to vote in Illinois
Grace Wilbur Trout was elected president of the Chicago Political Equality League and started her presidency by making sure that each senate district was supporting suffrage for women. A few months later, the bill was up for voting in the state. Trout and her team went as far as to get male voters from their homes. The bill passed giving Women the right to vote for President of the Nation and all local offices not in the Illinois Constitution.
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 Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.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
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kessler .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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