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Personal data Alta Eikenberry 

  • Alternative name: Alta Eikenberry Potter
  • She was born on March 13, 1893 in Mansfield, Piatt Co., IL.
  • She died on November 25, 1962 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., IA, she was 69 years old.
  • She is buried after November 24, 1962 in Buffalo Twp., Winnebago Co., IA (Graceland Cem.).
  • This information was last updated on March 30, 2015.

Household of Alta Eikenberry

She is married to Thomas Jarvis Potter.

They got married on February 15, 1911 at Brethren parsonage, Dallas Ctr., Dallas Co., IA, she was 17 years old.

Thomas Jarvis Potter oo Alta Eikenberry

Marriage source: Author: Leibrand, Ruth, et. al., Title: Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center, Iowa Centennial 1892 - 1992, (Publication location: Buffalo Center IA, Publisher: Centennial Book Committee, Publication date: MCMXCII), pg. 386,Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

[Pg. 386, Col. 2]

"Thomas Jarvis and Alto (Eikenberry) Potter

[Photograph of a man & a woman with the caption: 50 years married February 1961]

Thomas Jarvis Potter was born on July 7, 1888 near Dallas Center, Dallas County, Iowa to Jarvis Smith and Priscilla (Collipriest) Potter. there he grew to manhood and farmed with his father. On February 15, 1911 he was married to AltaEikenberry at the Brethren parsonage in Dallas Center." <>

Child(ren):

  1. Darlene Potter  1911-1964


Notes about Alta Eikenberry

Alta Eikenberry

Source: Author: Stauffer, I. Brian, Title: "Stauffer family," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lstauffe&id=I246, Publication date: xxix Apr MM), Repository: The Cloud

"... Alta EIKENBERRY Sex: F Birth: 13 MAR 1893 in Mansfield, Illinois Death: 11 NOV 1962 in Mason City, Illinois Burial: Graceland Cemetery, Buffalo Center, Winnebago Co, Iowa Change Date: 29 APR 2000

Father: William H. EIKENBERRY b: 4 JUN 1852 in Flora, Carroll County, Indiana Mother: Amanda STAUFFER b: 8 JUL 1856 in Stark County, Ohio

Marriage 1 Thomas Jarvis POTTER b: 7 JUL 1888 in Dallas Center, Iowa Married: 15 FEB 1911 in Dallas Center, Iowa

Children

1. Benton Morris POTTER b: 25 FEB 1915 in Rippey, Iowa 2. Thomas J. POTTER b: 5 AUG 1923 in Buffalo Center, Winnebago Co, Iowa 3. Galen Eugene POTTER b: 25 MAR 1929 in Buffalo Center, Winnebago Co, Iowa 4. Kenneth Everett POTTER b: 10 NOV 1931 in Buffalo Center, Winnebago Co, Iowa" <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alta Eikenberry

Alta Eikenberry
1893-1962

1911

Thomas Jarvis Potter
1888-1978

Darlene Potter
1911-1964

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Birthday March 13, 1893

  • The temperature on March 13, 1893 was about 8.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 17 » Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety, led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
    • April 6 » Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
    • June 5 » The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
    • September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
    • November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.
    • November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.

Day of marriage February 15, 1911

  • The temperature on February 15, 1911 was between -2.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
    • April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
    • June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
    • September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
    • September 24 » His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
    • November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.

Day of death November 25, 1962

  • The temperature on November 25, 1962 was between 2.9 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
    • February 10 » Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
    • May 31 » The West Indies Federation dissolves.
    • July 6 » As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
    • July 22 » Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
    • August 22 » The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.
    • September 30 » Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association.


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