Brief Life History of Johann Georg
When Johann Georg Falkner was born on 4 June 1883, in Neckarau, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, his father, Nickolaus Falkner, was 28 and his mother, Margaretha Orth, was 27. He married Dora Ruth Dickerson on 24 August 1904, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 13 July 1933, in Smith Valley, Esmeralda, Nevada, United States, at the age of 50.
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- George Falkner in household of Fred E. Beaman, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Johann Georg Falkner - Church record: birth-name: Johann Georg Falkner
- Johann Georg Falkner, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1898 · War with the Spanish
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.
Name Meaning
German: occupational name for a falconer, Middle High German valkenaere. In medieval times falconry was a sport practised only by the nobility; it was the task of the falconer to look after the birds and train young ones.
English: variant of Faulkner .
History: Daniel Falckner (1666–c. 1745), German Lutheran pastor and agent for the Frankfurt Land Company, founded the first German Lutheran congregation in America.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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