Brief Life History of Eldon G.
When Eldon G. Tanner was born on 13 September 1931, in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States, his father, Homer A Tanner, was 28 and his mother, Vera H Finkbiner, was 26. He married Carol Vivian Shaw Tanner on 1 January 1954, in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States. He died on 13 March 2000, in his hometown, at the age of 68, and was buried in Resthaven Gardens of Memory, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States.
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- Eldon Tanner in household of Homer Tanner, "United States Census, 1940"
- Eldon G Tanner, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Eldon G. Tanner, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
1938 · Electrification of Rural Kansas
Power was supplied to rural Kansas, which had been hit hard by the depression, in March 1938. Many farmers could not afford the $5 hookups for electricity. As a result, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act which provided loans to farmers who wanted electricity. Brown County became the first to receive service.
1950
United States military forces play a leading role against North Korean and Chinese troops in Korean War.
Name Meaning
English (southern) and Dutch: occupational name for a tanner of skins, Middle English tanner, Middle Dutch taenre. The Middle English form derives from Old English tannere, from Late Latin tannarius, reinforced by Old French taneor, from Late Latin tannator; both Late Latin forms derive from a verb tannare, possibly from a Celtic word for the oak, whose bark was used in the process.
German: topographic name from Middle High German tan ‘woods, pine forest’ for someone who lived near such terrain.
German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Tanne (in the Harz Mountains, Bavaria, East Prussia, Switzerland) or Tann (Hesse, Bavaria), Thann (Bavaria, Austria, Alsace), Tannen (southern Germany, Switzerland), Thannen (Bavaria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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