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
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
1904–1988 Male
1908–1993 Female
Parents and Siblings
1877–1953 Male
1882–1948 Female
Siblings (5)
1902–1988 Male
1903–1983 Male
1904–1976 Male
1906– Female
1908–1993 Female
World Events (8)
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Age 1
1910 · Angel Island Serves Immigrants
Age 2
1931
Age 23
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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