Brief Life History of Charles Joseph
When Charles Joseph Fahrner was born on 7 July 1895, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Johannes Fahrner, was 32 and his mother, Susanna Bauer, was 28. He married Anita Josephine Rademacher on 18 December 1922, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1940 and Hartland, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States in 1955. He died on 13 October 1973, in Oconomowoc, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Charles Fahrner in household of John Fahrner, "Wisconsin State Census, 1905"
- Charley J Fahrner, "Wisconsin Birth Index, 1820-1907"
- Charles Joseph Fahoner, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1897 · Beginnings of Kmart
Detroit was the home of the second dime and nickel stores that S. S. Kresge owned. After two years with John McCrory, his partner, he traded his share in the Memphis store, plus $3,000, for full ownership of the Detroit store and formed the Kresge & Wilson Company with his brother-in-law, Charles J. Wilson. In 1962, the S. S. Kresge Company would rebrand and change their name to Kmart.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
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German and Swiss German: variant of Farner .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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