Brief Life History of Martha Antoine
When Martha Antoine Erb was born on 23 September 1892, in Norfolk, Madison, Nebraska, United States, her father, George Henry Erb, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Lizzy Augusta Pfeil, was 21. She married Otto Herman Dreger on 9 March 1911, in Stanton, Stanton, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Garfield Township, Wayne, Nebraska, United States in 1900 and Nora Township, LaMoure, North Dakota, United States for about 1 years. She died in February 1979, in Norfolk, Madison, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Norfolk, Madison, Nebraska, United States.
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- Martha A Brandenburg, "United States 1950 Census"
- Martha Erb, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- Martha Brandenburg, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
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.
Name Meaning
German and Swiss German: from the medieval personal name Erbo, meaning ‘descendant, heir’, which was popular in the Upper Rhine area.
German: habitational name from Erb (Westphalia) or Erbe (North Rhine-Westphalia).
History: This (see 1 above) is the name of a Swiss Mennonite and Amish family, originating from the canton of Bern, Switzerland. The first Mennonite immigrant bearing this name was Nicholas Erb from Switzerland, who came to Lancaster County, PA, in the beginning of the 18th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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