Thelma M Krueger

Female4 May 1917–8 May 2002

Brief Life History of Thelma M

When Thelma M Krueger was born on 4 May 1917, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, her father, Adolph August Krueger, was 29 and her mother, Alma Wilde, was 25. She lived in Norwood, Hamilton, Ohio, United States in 1920. She died on 8 May 2002, in Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Adolph August Krueger
1888–1964
Alma Wilde
1891–1960
Thelma M Krueger
1917–2002

Sources (6)

  • Thelma Krueger in household of Alma Krueger, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Thelma M. Krueger, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Thelma M Krueger, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

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Siblings (1)

World Events (8)

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

Age 1

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary

Age 17

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. 

1941

Age 24

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Erwin, Gerhard, Fritz, Heinz, Ewald, Hans, Dieter, Manfred, Ernst, Guenter.

South German (mainly Krüger) and Jewish (Ashkenazic; also Krüger): occupational name for a maker or seller of stoneware mugs and jugs, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kruoc, German Krug ‘jug, pitcher’.

North German (mainly Krüger) and Jewish (Ashkenazic; also Krüger): occupational name for an innkeeper, an agent derivative of Middle Low German krūch, krōch, German Krug ‘inn, tavern’. Compare Krug and Kruger .

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

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