Minnie Ann Alice (Amelang) Skinner
Updated Feb 06, 2019
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Minnie Ann Alice (Amelang) Skinner (1887 - 1969)

Minnie Ann Alice (Amelang) Skinner was born on May 13, 1887 in Iowa. She was born into the Amelang family and married into the Skinner family. She was born to Christoph Wilhelm Franz Amelang and Hannah L. C. (Ploschentz) Amelang , with siblings Robert, William, Paul, John, Rosa, Cora, Martha, and Mary. Minnie died on March 20, 1969 in Bloomfield, Iowa at 81 years old. She was buried in Point Isabel Cemetery, Iowa.
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Twin to sister Martha.

Minnie Ann Alice (Amelang) Skinner Biography & Family History

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Birth

 in Davis County, Iowa United States

Death

 on in Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa United States

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Burial / Funeral

Point Isabel Cemetery, in Wapello County, Iowa

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Average Age

Minnie Ann Alice (Amelang) Skinner lived 9 years longer than the average Amelang family member when she died at the age of 81.

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Family

Father: Christoph Wilhelm Franz Amelang
Mother: Hannah L. C. (Ploschentz) Amelang
Siblings: Robert Edward Amelang , William Embry Amelang , Paul P Amelang , John Gotlieb Amelang, Rosa Alvina (Amelang) Minor, Cora Elizabeth (Amelang) Evans, Martha Beatrice Beluah (Amelang) Skinner, and Mary Viola (Amelang) Brookshier-Weineke

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Middle name

Ann Alice

Maiden name

Amelang

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Gender

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1887 - In the year that Minnie Ann Alice (Amelang) Skinner was born, on January 20th, the US Senate gave the US Navy the right to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. Pearl Harbor is on the island of Oahu, a part of the Hawaiian Islands. The Navy was given direction to maintain "a coaling and repair station" at the harbor.

1930 - She was 43 years old when as head of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, William Hays established a code of decency that outlined what was acceptable in films. The public - and government - had felt that films in the '20's had become increasingly risque and that the behavior of its stars was becoming scandalous. Laws were being passed. In response, the heads of the movie studios adopted a voluntary "code", hoping to head off legislation. The first part of the code prohibited "lowering the moral standards of those who see it", called for depictions of the "correct standards of life", and forbade a picture from showing any sort of ridicule towards a law or "creating sympathy for its violation". The second part dealt with particular behavior in film such as homosexuality, the use of specific curse words, and miscegenation.

1944 - At the age of 57 years old, Minnie was alive when on November 7th, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was reelected to a fourth term as President of the United States. Running against Thomas Dewey, Governor of New York, Roosevelt won 53.4 of the popular vote, Dewey got 45.9%.

1952 - Minnie was 65 years old when on July 2, Dr. Jonas E. Salk tested the first dead-virus polio vaccine on 43 children. The worst epidemic of polio had broken out that year - in the U.S. there were 58,000 cases reported. Of these, 3,145 people had died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.

1969 - In the year of Minnie Ann Alice (Amelang) Skinner's passing, one hundred countries, along with the United States and the Soviet Union signed the nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT). It called for stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and the goal of nuclear disarmament.

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Minnie Ann Alice (Amelang) Skinner died on March 20, 1969 in Bloomfield, Iowa at 81 years old. There is no listed cause of death for Minnie. She was buried in Point Isabel Cemetery, Iowa. Minnie was born on May 13, 1887 in Iowa. She was born to Christoph Wilhelm Franz Amelang and Hannah L. C. (Ploschentz) Amelang , with siblings Robert, William, Paul, John, Rosa, Cora, Martha, and Mary.

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