Rudolph Sylvester Rothering

Brief Life History of Rudolph Sylvester

When Rudolph Sylvester Rothering was born on 6 March 1898, in Wisconsin, United States, his father, Anton Rothering, was 34 and his mother, Johanna Brandt, was 27. He married Wilma Margaret Hilgert about 1919, in Buffalo, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Buffalo, Wisconsin, United States in 1935 and Lincoln, Buffalo, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years. He died on 28 September 1976, in Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Buffalo, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rudolph Sylvester Rothering
1898–1976
Wilma Margaret Hilgert
1899–1986
Marriage: about 1919
Grace Virginia Rothering
1920–2019
Betty Jane Rothering
1922–2011
Dale Rudolph Rothering
1924–2017
LeRoy Sylvester Rothering
1929–2011

Sources (19)

  • Rudy Rothering, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Rudy Rothering, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment

The maximum hours for children to work were set to 55 per week.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Mathias.

German: patronymic from Rother 2.

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

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