Joseph Francis Rzeznik z Weibnom vel Metzger von Weibnom was born on 25 July 1927, in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States as the son of Joseph (Józef Andrzej) Rzeźnik z Weibnom vel Metzger von Weibnom and Agnes (Agnieszka) Strużyk. He married Edith Thelma Pomeroy on 28 April 1956, in Amherst, Amherst, Erie, New York, United States. He died in 1981, in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States, at the age of 54.
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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.
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
Some characteristic forenames: Russian Boris, Mikhail, Yefim, Aleksandr, Igor, Leonid, Yelena, Anatoly, Arkady, Grigory, Lyudmila, Vladimir. Jewish Yakov, Aron, Chaim, Isaak, Naum, Shaya, Akiva, Avraam, Blyuma, Faina.
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): occupational name for a Jewish ritual slaughterer, from Yiddish reznik (of Slavic origin; compare below). Compare Reznick , Resnick , and Resnik .
Czech (Řezník) and Slovak (Rezník): from Czech řezník, Slovak archaic (of Czech origin) rezník, an occupational name for a butcher. Compare Resnick and Reznick .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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