Henry August Wehrenberg

Brief Life History of Henry August

When Henry August Wehrenberg was born on 3 June 1915, in Wisconsin, United States, his father, Henry Friedrich Wehrenberg, was 34 and his mother, Minnie Kastenschmidt, was 33. He lived in Bangor, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States for about 30 years. He died on 8 November 1967, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Bangor, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry August Wehrenberg
1915–1967
Irma Lilla Horstman
1914–1993

Sources (9)

  • Henery Wehenberg, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Henry A Wehrenberg, "Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997"
  • Henry Wehrenberg in entry for Marie S Ghelfi, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

World Events (8)

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1919 · Minimum Wage Laws Passed

The first minimum wage law took effect in 1919 and specified women and children under 17 years of age should be paid 22 cents per hour.

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

German: habitational name from any of several places so named in Lower Saxony.

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

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