Warren Burdette Kniskern

Brief Life History of Warren Burdette

When Warren Burdette Kniskern was born on 4 December 1901, in Walworth, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Jacob Burdette Kniskern, was 28 and his mother, Mary Frances Tucker, was 27. He married Ora Sophia Skousen on 26 January 1937, in Tempe, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Walworth, Wisconsin, United States in 1901 and United States in 1949. He died on 6 November 1972, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Warren Burdette Kniskern
1901–1972
Ora Sophia Skousen
1908–1977
Marriage: 26 January 1937
Lena Mary Kniskern
1938–2019
James Warren Kniskern
1945–

Sources (13)

  • Warren B Kniskern, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Warren B Kniskern, "Wisconsin Birth Index, 1820-1907"
  • Warren B Kniskern, "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964"

World Events (8)

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment

The maximum hours for children to work were set to 55 per week.

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

Name Meaning

German: nickname for a bon vivant, from geniess gern ‘like(s) to indulge’.

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

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