Joseph Bohlen

Male17 October 1912–7 December 1992

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Bohlen was born on 17 October 1912, in Staunton, Macoupin, Illinois, United States, his father, Johann Marten Bohlen, was 30 and his mother, Gesche Anna Gehrhards, was 26. He married LeeNondes Brown on 8 September 1934, in Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, United States. He lived in Omphghent Township, Madison, Illinois, United States in 1930. He died on 7 December 1992, at the age of 80.

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Joseph Bohlen
1912–1992
LeeNondes Brown
1913–1997
Marriage: 8 September 1934

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  • Joe Bohlen in household of Joe Bohlen, "United States Census, 1930"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    8 September 1934Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, United States
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    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

    Age 1

    The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

    1913 · Women get the right to vote in Illinois

    Age 1

    Grace Wilbur Trout was elected president of the Chicago Political Equality League and started her presidency by making sure that each senate district was supporting suffrage for women. A few months later, the bill was up for voting in the state. Trout and her team went as far as to get male voters from their homes. The bill passed giving Women the right to vote for President of the Nation and all local offices not in the Illinois Constitution.

    1933 · Another World's Fair

    Age 21

    The city of Chicago was presented with another chance to host a World's Fair. It was offered to the city to commemorate the 100 years of its existence. Many people didn't like the idea of them having another Worlds Fair because the nation, as a whole, was coming out of the Great Depression.

    Name Meaning

    German: patronymic from Bohl 1.

    German: habitational name from a place in Westphalia named Bohlen.

    German (Böhlen): habitational name from any of several places in Saxony named Böhlen.

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

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