When Edward Joseph Schaefer was born on 21 March 1890, in Salisbury Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States, his father, Edward Brutus Schaefer, was 37 and his mother, Barbara Francisca Heitz, was 21. He married Maud Ann Swauger on 7 April 1915, in Meigs, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1939. He died on 31 March 1939, in Pomeroy, Salisbury Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Beech Grove Cemetery, Pomeroy, Salisbury Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States.
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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.
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Erwin, Ernst, Hans, Gerhard, Helmut, Dieter, Wolfgang, Hermann, Horst, Manfred.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) (Schäfer): occupational name for a shepherd, from an agent derivative of German Schaf, Middle High German schāf ‘sheep’. It is also found in Hungary and Czechia. Compare Schafer and Schaffer 2.
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