Ralph Werner Jungjohann

Brief Life History of Ralph Werner

When Ralph Werner Jungjohann was born on 31 July 1926, in Contra Costa, California, United States, his father, Harry D Jungjohann, was 34 and his mother, Mollie Kathleen Johnson, was 27. He lived in Judicial Township 12, Contra Costa, California, United States in 1930 and Crockett, Contra Costa, California, United States in 1940. He died on 17 May 2010, in San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Aurora Township, Lawrence, Missouri, United States.

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Ralph Werner Jungjohann
1926–2010
Joan C Letterman
1924–2016

Sources (7)

  • Ralph W Jungjohann, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Ralph Jungjohann, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Ralph Werner Jungjohann, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

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1927

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

1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary

Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963. 

1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War

The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.

Name Meaning

From a Norman French name, Raulf, a contracted form of the Germanic personal name Radulf, derived from rād ‘counsel’ + wulf ‘wolf’. The spelling with -ph is due to classical influence in the 18th century.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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