Robert Henry Kastner Jr.

Male1 April 1947–6 March 1991

Brief Life History of Robert Henry

When Robert Henry Kastner Jr. was born on 1 April 1947, in New York, United States, his father, Robert Henry Kastner Sr., was 28 and his mother, Rachele Ciaone, was 23. He died on 6 March 1991, in Bushnell, Sumter, Florida, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Bushnell, Sumter, Florida, United States.

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Robert Henry Kastner Jr.
1947–1991
Carolyn Gae Harris
1948–2006

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  • Legacy NFS Source: Robert Henry Kastner Jr. - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Robert Henry Kastner Jr.
  • Robert H Kastner, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Robert in entry for Robert Henry Kastner Sr, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

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World Events (8)

1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War

Age 1

The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.

1949 · NATO is Established

Age 2

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.

1960

Age 13

Squaw Valley, California, United States hosts Winter Olympic Games.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Ilse, Manfred, Wilhelm, Alois, Armin, Arno, Friedrich, Hedwig, Jurgen, Otto.

German (also Kästner): from Middle High German kastner, kestner, an occupational name for the steward of a granary (kornkasten) and hence, since general taxation developed from taxes on grain, a steward or treasurer responsible for financial matters at a court, monastery, or other institution.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) (also Kästner): metonymic occupational name for a joiner or furniture maker, from South German Kasten ‘box, chest’. Compare Castner , Kaestner , and Kistner .

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

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