Wesley Anthony Koerner

Male8 June 1925–26 January 1970

Brief Life History of Wesley Anthony

When Wesley Anthony Koerner was born on 8 June 1925, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, Anthony Andrew Koerner, was 35 and his mother, Mary Alma Conyers, was 23. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 26 January 1970, in Cicero, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Justice, Cook, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Anthony Andrew Koerner
1890–1972
Mary Alma Conyers
1901–2003
Wesley Anthony Koerner
1925–1970
Richard Francis Koerner
1927–1993

Sources (6)

  • Wesley Koerner in household of Anthony Koerner, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Wesley Anthony Koerner, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940"
  • Wesley A Koerner, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (2)

World Events (8)

1927

Age 2

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

1927 · The World's Busiest Airport

Age 2

"Originally named Chicago Air Park, Midway Airport was built with one cinder runway mainly for airmail flights. The city then leased the airport and named it the Chicago Municipal Airport. By 1928, the airport had twelve hangars and four runways, lit for night operations. In 1931 the airport claimed to be the ""World's Busiest"" with over 100,846 passengers on 60,947 flights each week. In July 1949 the airport was renamed after the Battle of Midway."

1941

Age 16

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Kurt, Ernst, Heinz, Horst, Otto, Angelika, Claus, Dieter, Erhardt, Eugen, Ewald.

German (Körner):

occupational name for a grain merchant or possibly for the administrator of a granary, Middle High German körner.

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

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