Helen Irene Heck

Brief Life History of Helen Irene

When Helen Irene Heck was born on 8 June 1915, in Morristown, Hanover Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States, her father, Raymond Heck, was 33 and her mother, Nellie G Handy, was 31. She married Carlton Harold Bennett Jr on 9 June 1934, in Shelbyville, Addison Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Hanover Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States in 1920 and Shelbyville, Addison Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States in 1940. She died on 16 December 1996, in Indiana, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Shelbyville, Addison Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Carlton Harold Bennett Jr
1913–1980
Helen Irene Heck
1915–1996
Marriage: 9 June 1934
Ruth Ann Bennett
1937–2020
Sharon Kay Bennett
1940–2022

Sources (11)

  • Helen I Bennett, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Helen Hick, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
  • Helen Irene Whitehorn Bennett, "Find a Grave Index"

World Events (8)

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.

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

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 Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.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

South German: topographic name from Middle High German hecke, hegge ‘hedge’. This surname is common in southern Germany and the Rhineland, and is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).

Dutch: topographic name from Middle Dutch heck ‘fence, gate’. Compare Van Hecke .

English: topographic name for someone who lived by a gate or ‘hatch’ (especially one leading into a forest), northern Middle English heck (Old English hæcce). Compare Hatch .

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

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