Brief Life History of Marvin John
When Marvin John Bebermeyer was born on 13 September 1927, in Talmage, Dickinson, Kansas, United States, his father, John Wesley Bebermeyer, was 37 and his mother, Sarah Mary Alice Koelling, was 33. He married Laverna Rose Lenhart on 28 November 1948, in Buckeye, Dickinson, Kansas, United States. He lived in Buckeye Township, Dickinson, Kansas, United States in 1950 and Manchester, Dickinson, Kansas, United States in 1972. He died on 3 November 2005, in Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Prairiedale Cemetery, Talmage, Dickinson, Kansas, United States.
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- Marvin Bebermeyer, "United States 1950 Census"
- Marvin John Berbermeyer, "Kansas, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
- Marvin John Bebermeyer, "Find A Grave Index"
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1928 · Kansas Wheat
In 1928, Kansas produced one-seventh of the world's wheat crop. Several years later in 1931, Kansas had produced a record breaking 240 million bushels of wheat.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War
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.
Name Meaning
Medieval variant of Mervyn , resulting from the regular Middle English change of -er- to -ar-. Modern use may represent a transferred use of the surname derived from this in the Middle Ages. It is popular in the United States, where it is associated in particular with the American singer Marvin Gaye ( 1939–84 ) and the boxer Marvin Hagler ( b. 1954 ).
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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