Brief Life History of William Albert
When William Albert Wald was born on 16 November 1894, in Neufeld an der Leitha, Eisenstadt-Umgebung, Burgenland, Austria, his father, Karl Wald, was 25 and his mother, Marianna (Mary Ann) Hausler Or Haeusler, was 34. He married Eleanor Knauf on 28 December 1927, in Hill, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He immigrated to Galveston, Texas, United States in 1902 and lived in Justice Precinct 2, McLennan, Texas, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 16 October 1960, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Riesel, McLennan, Texas, United States.
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- William Wald, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Albert Wald - Government record: Passenger or voyage record: birth-name: Wilhelm Adalbert Wald
- Unknown, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
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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.
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
1912
Italy, Austria, and Germany renew the Triple Alliance. The alliance lasts for three more years.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Arno, Gerhard, Guenther, Gunther, Hans, Inge, Ingeborg, Liesl, Markus, Mathias, Udo.
German and English: topographic name for someone who lived in or near a forest (Old High German wald, northern Middle English wald).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Wald ‘forest’. Very few Jews would have been living anywhere near a forest at the time when they acquired surnames, so as a Jewish name its origins are unlikely to be topographic.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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