Brief Life History of Alva Fred
When Alva Fred Schroeder was born on 20 June 1894, in Missouri, United States, his father, Edward Frederich Schroeder, was 26 and his mother, Lena M Vogt, was 23. He married Bonnie A Whittaker on 3 August 1927, in Bollinger, Missouri, United States. He lived in Lyon, Franklin, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. He died on 15 September 1969, in Gerald, Franklin, Missouri, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Gerald, Franklin, Missouri, United States.
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- Alva Schroeder in household of Edward F Schroeder, "United States Census, 1910"
- Alva Schroeder, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Alva Fred Schroeder, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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.
1898 · War with the Spanish
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.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Hans, Erwin, Fritz, Helmut, Horst, Alois, Ernst, Ewald, Gerhard, Klaus.
North German (mainly Schröder): occupational name for a cloth cutter or tailor, from an agent derivative of Middle Low German schrōden, schrāden ‘to cut’. The same term was occasionally used to denote a grist miller as well as a shoemaker, whose work included cutting leather, and also a drayman, one who delivered beer and wine in bulk to customers; in some instances the surname may have been acquired in either of these senses. This surname is also found France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Poland. Compare Schroder .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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