Margaret Kroetsch (born 1882)

Margaret's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Kroetsch family tree.

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Margaret's Family

Angeline (Chartrand) Kroetsch

Joseph Jacob Kroetsch

Elizabeth Ann (Kroetsch) Minning Albert Aloysius Kroetsch John Baptist Henry Kroetsch Margaret Kroetsch

Lawrence Francis Kroetsch Rosabel Orillia (Kroetsch) Connolly Mary Josephine Kroetsch

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Angeline (Chartrand) Kroetsch

Dec 15, 1853 - Jan 28, 1943

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Joseph Jacob Kroetsch

Unknown - Unknown

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Lawrence Francis Kroetsch

Mar 9, 1887 - Unknown

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Elizabeth Ann (Kroetsch) Minning

September 1884 - February 1985

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Rosabel Orillia (Kroetsch) Connolly

Apr 11, 1876 - Unknown

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Albert Aloysius Kroetsch

Apr 5, 1878 - Unknown

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Mary Josephine Kroetsch

1879 - Unknown

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John Baptist Henry Kroetsch

Apr 7, 1874 - April 1945

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Joseph & Angeline Kroetsch Family, KS 1892

Mildred Kroetsch, Aunt Margaret, Kroetch children

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In 1882, in the year that Margaret Kroetsch was born, on September 4th, the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in the U.S. - at 255-257 Pearl Street - was flipped by Thomas Edison. It lit one square mile of lower Manhattan and was powered by coal. The "electrical age" had begun.

In 1919, in Norfolk Virginia, the first rotary dial telephones were introduced by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), making it easier to make a call without an operator.

In 1962, on February 20th, Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr. became the first American to orbit the Earth. The Friendship 7 flew three times around the earth in 4 hours and 55 minutes. At age 77, Glenn returned to space - the oldest person to fly in space.

In 1977, on January 21st, President Carter pardoned "draft dodgers" - men who avoided the draft during the Vietnam War. He fulfilled a campaign promise with the pardon. But it only applied to civilian evaders - the estimated 500,000 to 1 million active-duty personnel who went AWOL were not included.

In 1981, on January 20th, Ronald Reagan became the 40th President of the United States. He ran against the incumbent, Jimmy Carter, and won 50.7% of the popular vote to Carter's 41.0%.