Brief Life History of John William
When John William Boettcher was born on 11 October 1927, in Hay Creek, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Arthur Herman Boettcher, was 29 and his mother, Mildred Marion Hall, was 23. He lived in Bridge Creek, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years. He died on 6 February 2005, in Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 77.
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- John Boetcher in household of Arthur H Boetcher, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: John William Boettcher - Government record: birth-name: John William Boettcher
- John Boettcher in entry for Daniel Lewis Boettcher, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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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.
1932 · Wisconsin Passes First Unemployment Compensation Law
The nation's first unemployment compensation law was passed in Wisconsin on January 28, 1932.
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
Some characteristic forenames: German Horst, Gerhard, Hans, Kurt, Otto, Erwin, Fritz, Helmuth, Juergen, Klaus, Siegfried, Armin.
German (mainly Böttcher): occupational name for a cooper, from Middle High German botecher, bötticher, bütticher, an agent derivative of botech(e), bottich, bütte ‘vat, barrel’. See also Binder , Buettner , and Schaeffler , compare Bottcher .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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