Brief Life History of Benjamin Franklin
When Benjamin Franklin Surber Jr was born on 29 August 1915, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, his father, Benjamin Franklin Surber, was 29 and his mother, Rose Alice Lewis, was 18. He married Alberta Nadiene Merrifield on 30 May 1938, in Lowell, Snohomish, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Metaline Falls, Pend Oreille, Washington, United States in 1920. He died on 3 November 1982, in Harbor, Curry, Oregon, United States, at the age of 67.
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- Ben Surber, "United States Census, 1940"
- Ben F Surber, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
- Benjamin Franklin Surber, "Washington, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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1916 · Boeing Aircraft
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1935 · The FBI is Established
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Name Meaning
German: variant of Sorber 2, a topographic name from a the dialect word surbe, sorbe ‘marsh’, the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.
Swiss German: habitational name for someone from the area of the river Surb near Zurich, Switzerland. Compare Sorber 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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