Brief Life History of Floyd Harpel
When Floyd Harpel Schenk Sr was born on 23 May 1899, in Los Angeles, California, United States, his father, Joseph Andrew Schenk Jr, was 27 and his mother, Cora Alma Harpel, was 22. He married Myrtle Estella Crosby on 8 August 1921, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Gardena, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. He died on 14 August 1951, in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Floyd H Schenk, "United States 1950 Census"
- Floyd H Schenk, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Floyd H Schenk, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Arno, Erwin, Gerhard, Hans, Lothar, Armin, Florian, Frieda, Fritz, Gottlieb.
German and Dutch: from Middle High German, Middle Dutch schenke ‘cupbearer, wine server’ (from Old High German scenko, from scenken ‘to pour out or serve’), hence an occupational name for a cupbearer or server of wine. It also denotes an innkeeper. In another development, similar to English Butler , the word came to be used as an honorary title for a high court official, and some cases of the surname may have arisen from this use. The surname Schenk of German origin is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Hungary, Czechia, and Slovenia (see also 3 below).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for an innkeeper, from German Schenke ‘inn, tavern’. At one time only Jews were allowed to sell alcohol in the Russian empire, which is why S(c)henk and its related surnames are very common as Jewish names.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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