Brief Life History of Mildred R
When Mildred R Vavra was born on 28 February 1919, in Geneva, Fillmore, Nebraska, United States, her father, Frank Vavra Jr, was 41 and her mother, Christine Becwar, was 14. She lived in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States in 1940. She died on 15 April 2005, in Kearney, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in York, York, Nebraska, United States.
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- Mildred R Vavra, "United States Census, 1940"
- Mildred R Rogers, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Mrs Mildred R Vavra Rogers, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1920
Women are given the right to vote under the Nineteenth Amendment.
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
Name Meaning
Czech (Vávra) and Slovak (mainly Vávra): from a short form of the personal names Vavřinec (Czech) and Vavrinec (Slovak), equivalents of Latin Laurentius (see Lawrence and Lorenc ). Compare Wavra .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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