Brief Life History of Raymond Sylvester
When Raymond Sylvester Berner was born on 8 March 1913, in Iowa, United States, his father, Sylvester Hugh Berner, was 45 and his mother, Mary Julia Mikesell, was 38. He lived in Jasper, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Newton, Jasper, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 16 March 1944, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 31.
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- Raymond Burner, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
- Raymond Sylvester Berner, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Raymond Sylvester Berner, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1917 · Camp Dodge
Original construction of the Camp Dodge began in 1907 and was originally planned to provide a place for the National Guard units to train. In 1917, it was handed over to national authorities and expanded to become the regional training center for World War I forces. The Camp was named after Brigadier General Grenville M. Dodge, who organized Iowa's first National Guard unit. When the war ended, the camp was downsized and turned back over to the state until the start of World War II. Today, Camp Dodge has served only as a Guard and Reserve installation.
1922 · Oldest radio station west of the Mississippi
The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Heinz, Lothar, Bernhard, Erwin, Gerhard, Helmut, Reimund, Wolf.
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name Berner, of Norman origin (Old French Bernier, from ancient Germanic Berner, from ber(n) ‘bear’ + hari ‘army’).
English: possibly an occupational name from Middle English berner, a derivative of Old English beornan ‘to burn’, denoting a limeburner or charcoal burner (compare German Kalkbrenner ). Compare Ashburner ; see also Brenner and Burner . It may also have denoted someone who baked bricks or distilled spirits, or who carried out any other manufacturing process involving burning.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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