George Calvin Conrad

Brief Life History of George Calvin

When George Calvin Conrad was born on 28 May 1878, in Cass, Iowa, United States, his father, Orsen Hyde Conrad, was 29 and his mother, Mary Stevens, was 26. He married Mary Blanche Evans on 29 October 1908, in Lincoln Township, Adams, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Nodaway, Adams, Iowa, United States in 1930 and Edna Township, Cass, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 19 July 1943, in Cumberland, Cass, Iowa, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Lincoln Center Cemetery, Lincoln Center, Adams, Iowa, United States.

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George Calvin Conrad
1878–1943
Mary Blanche Evans
1884–1968
Marriage: 29 October 1908
Donald Orville Conrad
1912–1990
Gerald Evans Conrad
1912–1957
Verle Marvin Conrad
1916–1996
Boyd Murland Conrad
1921–2005
Wanda Marie Conrad
1923–1974

Sources (33)

  • George Conrad, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
  • George Conrad, "Iowa, Marriage Records, 1941-1951"
  • George Calvin Conrad, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

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.

1884

Historical Boundaries: 1884: Cass, Iowa, 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

German: variant of Konrad and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. It was also adopted as a surname by Ashkenazic Jews.

French (mainly Alsace and Lorraine): from the personal name Conrad, of ancient Germanic origin, or a Frenchified form of the German cognate Konrad .

English (Middlesex): from an Anglicized form of the German personal name Konrad .

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

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