Frank Joseph Sauer

Brief Life History of Frank Joseph

When Frank Joseph Sauer was born on 31 January 1876, in Washoe Valley, Washoe, Nevada, United States, his father, Andreas Sauer, was 47 and his mother, Katherine Becker, was 37. He married Viola May Smith on 14 January 1901, in Washoe City, Washoe, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States for about 15 years and Reno Township, Washoe, Nevada, United States in 1940. He died on 12 September 1945, in Washoe, Nevada, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank Joseph Sauer
1876–1945
Viola May Smith
1880–1957
Marriage: 14 January 1901
Leo Frank Sauer
1902–1988
Esther L. Sauer
1909–2002
Ruth Ella Sauer
1911–2006

Sources (13)

  • Frank J Saeur in household of Andrew Saeur, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Frank Andrew Sauer - birth: 31 January 1876; Washoe City, Washoe, Nevada, United States
  • Frank Sauer, "United States Western States Marriage Index"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Heinz, Otto, Achim, Dieter, Erwin, Hans, Helmut, Reinhold, Erna, Florian, Fritz.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for an embittered or cantankerous person, from Middle High German sūr, German sauer ‘sour’. In Jewish families, it is mainly artificial, assigned at random by Austrian clerks. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), the Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, Czechia, Croatia, and Slovenia.

Czech and Slovenian (Šauer): from German Schauer . In Slovenia, it is in part of Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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