Brief Life History of George William
When George William Biberstein was born on 14 May 1892, in Attica, Harper, Kansas, United States, his father, Jacob Biberstein, was 43 and his mother, Aloisia 'Lizzie' Hadwiger, was 19. He married Helen Estella Holcomb about 1918, in Harper, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Ruella Township, Harper, Kansas, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He died in October 1969, in Attica, Harper, Kansas, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Attica, Harper, Kansas, United States.
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- George W Biberstein, "United States Census, 1950"
- George William Biberstein, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- George Biberstein, "United States Social Security Death Index"
World Events (8)
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.
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.
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
Via Old French and Latin, from Greek Georgios (a derivative of geōrgos ‘farmer’, from gē ‘earth’ + ergein ‘to work’). This was the name of several early saints, including the shadowy figure who is now the patron of England (as well as of Germany and Portugal). If the saint existed at all, he was perhaps martyred in Palestine in the persecutions of Christians instigated by the Emperor Diocletian at the beginning of the 4th century. The popular legend in which the hero slays a dragon is a medieval Italian invention. He was for a long time a more important saint in the Orthodox Church than in the West, and the name was not much used in England during the Middle Ages, even after St George came to be regarded as the patron of England in the 14th century. Its use increased from the 1400s, and by 1500 it was regularly among the most popular male names. This popularity was reinforced when George I came to the throne in 1714 , bringing this name with him from Germany. It has been one of the most popular English boys' names ever since.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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