When Elizabeth Kastner was born on 13 January 1873, in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States, her father, Michael Kastner, was 39 and her mother, Catherine Lortz, was 37. She married Heinrich Forschler on 19 December 1888. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 6 February 1959, in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
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In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
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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 .
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