Brief Life History of Donald Thieme
When Donald Thieme Laufer was born on 7 March 1923, in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States, his father, William Martin Edward Laufer, was 38 and his mother, Hedwig Emma "Hattie" Thieme, was 37. He lived in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1943. He died on 14 December 1943, at the age of 20, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Donald Laufer, "United States Census, 1940"
- Donald T Laufer, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
- Donald T Laufer, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
Parents and Siblings
1885–1965 Male
1885–1980 Female
Siblings (2)
1921–1998 Male
1923–1943 Male
World Events (7)
1927
Age 4
1929
Age 6
1931
Age 8
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Berish, Mayer, Chaim, Leibish, Ari, Hyman, Moishe, Moshe, Myer, Pinchas. German Hans, Armin, Berthold, Erwin, Frieda, Fritz, Fritzi, Ilse, Mathias, Otto, Siegmund, Wolfgang.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) (also Läufer): occupational name for a messenger or a nickname for a fast runner, from an agent derivative of Middle High German loufen, German laufen ‘to run’.
German (also Läufer): habitational name for someone from a place called Lauf, Laufen, or Lauffen in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (see Lauf ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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