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Alma Reckeweg 1904 - 1980

Alma C (Memmen) Reckeweg of New York, New York County, NY was born on June 25, 1904 in Germany, and died at age 76 years old in September 1980 in New York.
Alma C (Memmen) Reckeweg
New York, New York County, NY 10005
June 25, 1904
Germany
September 1980
New York, New York, United States
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Alma C (Memmen) Reckeweg's History: 1904 - 1980

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  • 06/25
    1904

    Birthday

    June 25, 1904
    Birthdate
    Germany
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Alma was German on her maternal and paternal lines. Both of her parents were born in Germany.
  • Nationality & Locations

    Born in Germany, Alma arrived in New York, New York on the ship "Columbus" on August 7th, 1925. She was meeting her Aunt Ida in the Bronx, New York.
  • Professional Career

    When Alma was 45 years old, she told the 1950 Federal census that she was working as a salesgirl at a retail department store in Hempstead, New York.
  • Personal Life & Family

    Alma Memmen had siblings Robert, Ernest, Karl, and Emmy Memmen. Alma C Memmen married Herman Frederick Reckeweg, born 1902, on October 24th, 1927 in Manhattan, New York and they had three daughters: Greta, Mary Anna, and Dorothy.
  • 09/dd
    1980

    Death

    September 1980
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    New York, New York United States
    Death location
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In 1904, in the year that Alma Reckeweg was born, the United States acquired the Panama Canal Zone. Now an unincorporated territory of the U.S., the Canal Zone had been previously held by the French, who were constructing a canal. The U.S. took over the construction of the Panama Canal and it was finally finished in 1914, when it was opened to commercial shipping. The United States held the Canal Zone until 1979.
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In 1916, by the time she was merely 12 years old, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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