Elmer Recker

Brief Life History of Elmer

When Elmer Recker was born on 31 March 1912, in Union Township, Putnam, Ohio, United States, his father, Fred Henry Recker, was 28 and his mother, Philomena Kleman, was 22. He lived in Putnam, Ohio, United States in 1920 and Ottawa, Putnam, Ohio, United States in 1930. He died on 29 March 1974, in Lebanon, Warren, Ohio, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Glandorf, Putnam, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Fred Henry Recker
1883–1965
Philomena Kleman
1889–1985
Alvin John Recker
1908–1990
Mary Margaret Recker
1910–1996
Elmer Recker
1912–1974
Margaret Gertrude Recker
1914–1997
Eleanor Francis Recker
1917–2012
Walter H. Recker
1919–1967
John Henry Recker
1921–1944
Wilma A. Recker
1924–2020
Ruth C. Recker
1927–2022
Lou Ann Recker
1931–1990

Sources (8)

  • Elmer H Recker in household of Fred H Recker, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Elmer Recker, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Elmer Recker, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

1913 · The Seventeenth Amendment

The Seventeenth Amendment allows the people of each state to elect their own Senators instead of having the state legislature assign them.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

Name Meaning

North German, East Frisian, and Dutch: from a variant of the personal name Richard . This surname is very rare in East Frisia.

North German: topographic name from Middle Low German recke ‘stretch, route, hedge’, or a habitational name for someone from Recke, near Osnabrück.

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

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