Bettina Wister Stultz

Female10 November 1908–1993

Brief Life History of Bettina Wister

When Bettina Wister Stultz was born on 10 November 1908, in Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, her father, Francis Potts Stultz, was 31 and her mother, Bessie Evelyn Sargent, was 26. She married Gordon Kennedy Smith on 11 May 1930, in Los Angeles, California, United States. She lived in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1935 and Turlock Judicial Township, Stanislaus, California, United States in 1940. She died in 1993, at the age of 85.

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Family Time Line

Gordon Kennedy Smith
1904–1988
Bettina Wister Stultz
1908–1993
Marriage: 11 May 1930

Sources (12)

  • Bettina Smith in household of Gordon K Smith, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Betlina W. Stultz, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Bettina Wister Sargent, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    11 May 1930Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1909 · The NAACP is formed

    Age 1

    Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

    1910 · Angel Island Serves Immigrants

    Age 2

    Angel Island served as a western entry point for hundreds of thousands of U.S. immigrants, mainly from China, from 1910 to 1940.

    1931

    Age 23

    The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

    Name Meaning

    German: nickname for someone with long legs or a crutch, from a variant of Middle High German stelze ‘stilt, leg’. This form of the surname is apparently extinct in Germany. Compare Stults and Stulz .

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

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