Richard H. Wieser

Brief Life History of Richard H.

When Richard H. Wieser was born on 5 February 1917, in Grand Prairie Township, Platte, Nebraska, United States, his father, John Henry Wieser, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Ruhkamp, was 25. He lived in Platte, Nebraska, United States in 1935 and Wheaton, Traverse, Minnesota, United States in 1940. He died on 17 July 1944, in France, at the age of 27, and was buried in Colleville-sur-Mer, Calvados, France.

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Family Time Line

John Henry Wieser
1892–1950
Elizabeth Ruhkamp
1891–1950
Lambert V. Wieser
1915–1944
Richard H. Wieser
1917–1944
Walburga M Wieser
1918–2005
George Wieser
1920–2009
Fredrick F Wieser
1922–1981
Edna Wieser
1922–2013
Arthur J Wieser
1923–2009
Ralph Henry Wieser
1924–1930
Agnes A Wieser
1926–1950
Josephine Clara Wieser
1927–1997
Philomene Appolonia Wieser
1927–2002
Viola Wieser
1928–2016
Maurice Ignatz Wieser
1929–2017
Julian Wieser
1932–1934

Sources (7)

  • Richard Wieser, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Richard Henry Wieser, "Nebraska, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
  • Richard H. Wieser, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1927

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

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Aloys, Erwin, Franz, Otto, Alois, Ernst, Heinz, Jochen, Kurt.

German: variant of Wiese .

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

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