George Willis Egger

Male9 May 1892–14 October 1961

Brief Life History of George Willis

George Willis Egger was born on 9 May 1892. He died on 14 October 1961, in Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States.

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    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 4

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1897 · Seattle Grows Quickly

    Age 5

    The Klondike gold rush started in 1896 in Canada, but by 1897 as miners started moving and following the gold it caused for Seattle to rapidly grow as more miners joined the search for gold.

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 6

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Hans, Kurt, Oskar, Erwin, Franz, Helmut, Johannes, Mathias, Otto, Siegfried, Wolfgang.

    South German: topographic name for someone who lived on a corner (either a street corner, or the corner of a valley running around a mountain), from an altered form of Eck + the suffix -er, denoting an inhabitant.

    German and Dutch: variant of Eggert , with loss of the final -t.

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

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