Esther Hulda Koch

5 September 1921–9 March 2009 (Age 87)
Berksville,Monroe,Illinois

The Life of Esther Hulda

When Esther Hulda Koch was born on 5 September 1921, her father, Frederick H Koch, was 32 and her mother, Maria Eva Schmidt, was 31. She married Walter Mueller on 4 October 1941, in Chesterfield, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 9 March 2009, in Columbia, Monroe, Illinois, United States, at the age of 87.

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Family Time Line

Walter Mueller
1918–1963
Esther Hulda Koch
1921–2009
Marriage: 4 October 1941
Brenda Mueller
1954–1954

Spouse and Children

    Walter Mueller

    Male1918–1963Male

    Esther Hulda Koch

    Female1921–2009Female

MARRIAGE
4 October 1941
Chesterfield, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Age 2

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1925 · Woman's World's Fair

Age 4

The first Woman's World's Fair was held in Chicago in 1925. The idea of the completely women-run fair was to display the progress of ideas, work, and products of twentieth-century women
1944 · The G.I Bill

Age 23

The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

Name Meaning

1 German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from Middle High German koch, German Koch ‘cook’ (cognate with Latin coquus). The name in this sense is widespread throughout eastern and central Europe, and is also well established in Denmark.2 Czech and Slovak: from a pet form of any of several medieval personal names beginning with Ko-, for example Kochan, Kocián, Kojata, and Kosmas.3 Polish: nickname from kochać ‘to love’ ( see Kochan ).

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

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