Brief Life History of Oscar
When Oscar Hefelfinger was born on 3 January 1899, in Brenham, Washington, Texas, United States, his father, Ernest Haefelfinger, was 27 and his mother, Emma Moritz, was 25. He married Freda Pankonien on 2 July 1925, in Otto, Falls, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 8, Falls, Texas, United States for about 10 years and Justice Precinct 6, Falls, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 21 November 1979, at the age of 80, and was buried in Otto, Falls, Texas, United States.
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- Oscar Hefelfinger, "United States 1950 Census"
- Oscar Hefilfinger, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- Oscar Heffelfinger, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Swiss German Häfelfinger: habitational name for someone from a small place called Häfelfingen or Häfelfing. The name also occurred in Alsace.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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