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Adele Bertha Clara <I>Dettmer</I> Galloway

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Adele Bertha Clara Dettmer Galloway

Birth
Altona, Hamburg, Germany
Death
1998 (aged 92–93)
Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Burial
Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada Add to Map
Plot
Lot 200, Block 1A, Section K
Memorial ID
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Adele immigrated to the United States in 1908 with her mother, aunt and uncle, when she was two years old.

Initially settling in Southern California, her mother married John Hering, whose name she used though she was never formally adopted. Adele's birth father was unknown.

Adele spent her teen and young adult years living in Bakersfield with her Aunt Erna and Uncle Antone, graduating from Bakersfield High School.

After a secret marriage while in nursing school in Los Angeles, Adele married John Otis Galloway in 1928. Within a decade, they immigrated to Canada with their three young sons.

Her husband, a Geologist with Standard Oil of California, pioneered development of the oil and gas industry in Southern Alberta. They lived their remaining days in Calgary.

Great uncle, Theodore #119865155
Uncle, Willy #117285117
Aunt, Erna #104105933
Uncle, Otto #121938481

Adele immigrated to the United States in 1908 with her mother, aunt and uncle, when she was two years old.

Initially settling in Southern California, her mother married John Hering, whose name she used though she was never formally adopted. Adele's birth father was unknown.

Adele spent her teen and young adult years living in Bakersfield with her Aunt Erna and Uncle Antone, graduating from Bakersfield High School.

After a secret marriage while in nursing school in Los Angeles, Adele married John Otis Galloway in 1928. Within a decade, they immigrated to Canada with their three young sons.

Her husband, a Geologist with Standard Oil of California, pioneered development of the oil and gas industry in Southern Alberta. They lived their remaining days in Calgary.

Great uncle, Theodore #119865155
Uncle, Willy #117285117
Aunt, Erna #104105933
Uncle, Otto #121938481



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