Mary Margaret Wester

Brief Life History of Mary Margaret

When Mary Margaret Wester was born on 27 November 1914, in Tracy, Lyon, Minnesota, United States, her father, Peter Wester, was 28 and her mother, Mary Julia "Mae" Foley, was 28. She married Walter Leon Silvernale on 15 August 1932. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Monroe Township, Lyon, Minnesota, United States in 1930 and Currie, Murray, Minnesota, United States in 1940. She died on 26 June 2007, in Fulda, Murray, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Currie, Murray, Minnesota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Walter Leon Silvernale
1912–1991
Mary Margaret Wester
1914–2007
Marriage: 15 August 1932
Kayo Joseph Silvernale
1933–2022
Silvernale
1934–1934
Silvernale
1935–1935
Walter John Silvernale
1936–2022

Sources (19)

  • Mary M Silvernale, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Mary M Silvernale, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Mary Wester in entry for Silvernail, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"

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.

1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag

The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

German: from Middle High German wëster ‘westerly’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for one who had migrated from further west.

English: from Middle English wester ‘westerner, person from the west’.

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

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