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Personal data Arvilla (Arvilla "Speedy") "Speedy" Altenberg 

  • Alternative name: Arvilla Altenberg May
  • Nickname is Speedy.
  • She was born on March 28, 1871 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH.
  • She died on July 8, 1944 in Merced, Merced Co., CA, she was 73 years old.
  • She is buried on July 11, 1944 in IOOF Cem., Merced, Merced Co., CA.
  • A child of William Altenburg and Ella C. Higgins
  • This information was last updated on July 16, 2014.

Household of Arvilla (Arvilla "Speedy") "Speedy" Altenberg

She is married to James David May.

They got married on November 15, 1888 at Manchester, Coffee Co., TN, she was 17 years old.

James David May oo Arvilla 'Speedy' Altenberg (or Autenberry)

Marriage source: Harris, Charlene, letter to David A. Navorska, (California, C.H.H, 2 Mar 1993) for dom, town.

James David May oo Speedie Arvilla Altenberg

Hubbard, Charlene, GEDCOM attached to e-mail to David A. Navorska, (California, CHHH., 30 May 2004) <>

Child(ren):

  1. James Edward May  1889-????
  2. Ella Amanda May  1891-1978 
  3. Rena May  1893-????
  4. William Ralph May  1895-????
  5. Kitty Vulah May  1897-????
  6. Maudia Lucile May  1899-????
  7. Joseph David May  1902-1946
  8. Bert Lee May  1904-1966
  9. Speedie Arvilla May  1907-1997
  10. Howard Clayton May  1908-1996


Notes about Arvilla (Arvilla "Speedy") "Speedy" Altenberg

Arvilla "Speedy" Altenberg

Source: Author: Klaus, Terry, Title: The Family Alwood, (Publication location: Crescent City, CA, Publisher: TK, Publication date: June, MCMXCI) pg. 31, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib., for name, sobriquet.

21 Jun 1900 6th Dist Coffee Co TN census, pg 266B-23, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

'58, 452, 457, May, James D[?], head, white, male, b. July 1864, 35, married 13 yrs, b. TN, parents b. TN, Farmer, can read/write, can speak Eng, Owns farm free of mortgage, sch 196 59, Spedie R, wife, white, fem, b. Mar 1871, 29, married 13 yrs, six children born, six children living, b. MI, parents b. MI can read/write, can speak Eng [All children listed are white, single, b. TN, fath b. TN, moth b. MI] 60 James E, son, white, male, b. Sep 1889, 10, At school 4 mos, can read/wrie, can speak Eng. 61, Ellie A, daug, male[?], b. Jan 1891, 9 62, Rowena, daug, fem, June 1893, 6 63, William R, son, male, b. Mar 1895, 5 64, Kittie D, daug, fem, b. Apr 1897, 3 65, Maude L[?], daug, fem, b. Oct 1899, ae 7/12'

www.RootsWeb.com, California Death Records read 11 Sept 2003

"MAY SPEEDIE ARVILA, Birth Date 25 Mar 1869, Mother Maiden ALWOOD, Birth Place Ohio, Death Place Merced Death Date 7/8/1944"

Author: Hubbard, Charlene, Title: GEDCOM file attached to an e-mail to David A. Navorska, (Publication location: California, Publisher: CH.H.H., Publication date: xxx May MMIV)

For place of birth, Charlene provides Cleveland, Ohio. Previously, I had 'On Lake Erie (Off Cleveland)' Also, Mr. Hubbard changes the place of death from Masonic Cemetery to I.O.O.F Cem.

Author: Hubbard, Charlene, Title: GEDCOM attached to e-mail to David A. Navorska, (Publication location: California, Publisher: CHHH., Publication date: xxx May MMIV) for Speedie Arvilla Altenberg

Mrs. Hubbard has changed the name from Attenberg to Altenberg. <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Arvilla Altenberg

Harris (Harrison) Higgins
1809-1882
Spede (Speedy) Sharp
1819-1896
William Altenburg
± 1852-????

Arvilla Altenberg
1871-1944

1888

James David May
1866-1938

James Edward May
1889-????
Ella Amanda May
1891-1978
Rena May
1893-????
William Ralph May
1895-????
Kitty Vulah May
1897-????
Maudia Lucile May
1899-????
Joseph David May
1902-1946
Bert Lee May
1904-1966
Speedie Arvilla May
1907-1997
Howard Clayton May
1908-1996

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    Historical events

    Birthday March 28, 1871

    • The temperature on March 28, 1871 was about 0.8 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
    • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
      • March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
      • March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
      • March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
      • July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
      • September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.

    Day of marriage November 15, 1888

    • The temperature on November 15, 1888 was about 6.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
      • May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
      • June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
      • August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
      • September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
      • December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

    Day of death July 8, 1944

    • The temperature on July 8, 1944 was between 15.2 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
      • January 3 » World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
      • February 15 » World War II: The Narva Offensive begins.
      • February 29 » World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer led by American General Douglas MacArthur.
      • August 25 » World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
      • September 11 » World War II: The Western Allied invasion of Germany begins near the city of Aachen.
      • September 13 » World War II: Start of the Battle of Meligalas between the Greek Resistance forces of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the collaborationist security battalions.

    Day of burial July 11, 1944

    • The temperature on July 11, 1944 was between 13.5 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
      • January 29 » World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania) is attacked by Soviet partisan units.
      • June 22 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
      • August 26 » World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
      • October 21 » World War II: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies.
      • November 7 » Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.
      • November 24 » World War II: The 73rd Bombardment Wing launches the first attack on Tokyo from the Northern Mariana Islands.
    

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