Charles Godfrey Rohleder

Brief Life History of Charles Godfrey

When Charles Godfrey Rohleder was born on 19 September 1887, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Albert E. R. Rohleder, was 27 and his mother, Henrietta Weber, was 30. He married Alma Bertha Henrietta Krueger before 1909, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 4, Ward, Texas, United States in 1900 and Wisconsin, United States in 1969. He died on 4 September 1969, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Godfrey Rohleder
1887–1969
Alma Bertha Henrietta Krueger
1885–1963
Myrtle Martha Anne Rohleder
1908–1993
Ralph Charles Rohleder
1910–1979
Charles Herman Rohleder
1911–1964
Raymond O. Rohleder
1913–1977
Howard Rohleder
1916–1942
Edna Rohleder
1918–1918
Ellen Rohleder
1918–1918
Lorraine Martha Rohleder
1920–2003
Edward Rohleder
1922–2002
Dolores Rohleder
1925–1994

Sources (18)

  • Chas Rohlester in household of Albert Rohlester, "Wisconsin State Census, 1905"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Rohleder - Church record: birth-name: Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Rohleder
  • Charles Rohleder, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company

Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Otto, Detlef, Helmut.

German: metonymic occupational name for a tanner, from Middle High German ‘raw’ + leder ‘leather’.

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

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