Harold Elmer Brewer

Male22 April 1905–20 June 1985

Brief Life History of Harold Elmer

Harold Elmer Brewer was born on 22 April 1905 as the son of Elmer Brewer and Gussie Leggell. He married Alta Marie Watts on 24 July 1924, in Linn, Missouri, United States. He died on 20 June 1985, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 80.

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Harold Elmer Brewer
1905–1985
Alta Marie Watts
1906–2001
Marriage: 24 July 1924

Sources (2)

  • Harold Brewer, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Harold E Brewer, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    24 July 1924Linn, Missouri, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1906 · Saving Food Labels

    Age 1

    The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

    1919 · The Chicago Race Riot of 1919

    Age 14

    During the Chicago race riot, which was raised by racial conflicts throughout Chicago, thirty-eight people died (23 black and 15 white) and over five hundred were injured. It is considered the worst of the approximately 25 riots during the Red Summer and was the worst race riot in Illinois.

    1927

    Age 22

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    Name Meaning

    English: occupational name for a brewer of beer or ale, from Middle English brewere ‘brewer’ (an agent derivative of Old English brēowan ‘to brew’). Compare Brewster .

    English (of Norman origin): Anglicized form of French Bruyère (see Bruyere ), a habitational name from a place so called in Calvados, France, from Old French bruiere ‘heath’.

    Americanized form (translation into English) of Dutch Brouwer , German Brauer or Breuer , etc., all occupational names meaning ‘brewer’.

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

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