Brief Life History of Cecelia
Cecelia Wendahl was born on 21 October 1915, in Illinois, United States. She lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1935 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. She died on 20 February 1963, in Santa Barbara, California, United States, at the age of 47.
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- Cecelia Wendahl, "United States 1950 Census"
- Cecelia E Ahern, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968"
- Cecelia E Wendahl, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
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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.
1919 · The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
During the Chicago race riot, which was raised by racial conflicts throughout Chicago, thirty-eight people died (23 black and 15 white) and over five hundred were injured. It is considered the worst of the approximately 25 riots during the Red Summer and was the worst race riot in Illinois.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements ren ‘reindeer’ (or Ren-, from placenames such as Renstad or even Rinna, the former being named after its owner, a nobleman Rehnberg; see Renberg ) + dahl, an ornamental spelling of dal ‘valley’.
Norwegian: habitational name from a farm name; the first element is either a river name or rein ‘strip of grass at the margins of a field, headland’, the second element is dal ‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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