Brief Life History of Catherine
When Catherine Bremer was born in 1872, in Morgan, Laclede, Missouri, United States, her father, John Frederick Bremer, was 32 and her mother, Johanna Betzfavor, was 22. She married Leonard Shepherd on 4 April 1903, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1900 and St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1930. She died on 23 November 1957, in Crane, Crane, Texas, United States, at the age of 85.
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- Katie Bremer, "United States Census, 1900"
- Catherine Shepherd, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
- Catherine Bremer in entry for Leonard Shepherd, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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World Events (8)
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1879
Historical Boundaries: 1879: Laclede, Missouri, United States
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.
Name Meaning
German and Dutch: habitational name for someone from the city of Bremen in northwestern Germany, or from any of several other places so named in North-Rhine-Westphalia, Thuringia, and Baden-Württemberg. This surname is also found in England, Denmark, and Sweden.
German: variant of Brehmer .
Scottish: variant of Bremner .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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