Brief Life History of Elsie Ethel
When Elsie Ethel Zebott was born on 6 March 1905, in Hermantown, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States, her father, Otto F Zebott, was 32 and her mother, Emma E Stebner, was 28. She had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter with Edward Frederick Bentz. She lived in United States in 1949 and Proctor, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States in 1950. She died on 13 November 1995, in St. Louis, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States.
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- Elsie E Bentz, "United States 1950 Census"
- Elsie E. Bentz, "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002"
- Elsie Bentz in entry for Mr Dale E Bentz, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1906 · The End of Capital Punishment
Between the state's entry into the Union and 1906, 27 people were executed by hanging in Minnesota. Public opinion soon shifted against the death penalty in the state and was formally abolished in 1911. Since its abolishment, there have been 23 attempts to reinstate the death penalty, but none of these bills passed the state legislature.
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
Originally a Scottish simplified form of Elspie, a pet form of Elspeth . This came to be used as an independent name in Scotland and beyond, and in the early 20th century proved more popular than Elspeth.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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