Brief Life History of John Robert
When John Robert Fuchs was born on 16 May 1924, in Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, Alfred Robert Fuchs, was 32 and his mother, Helen Lucille Myers, was 34. He married Vivian Laverne Nelson on 15 May 1954, in Jackson, Missouri, United States. He lived in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States for about 20 years and Leawood, Johnson, Kansas, United States in 1998. He died on 11 June 1998, in Johnson, Kansas, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States.
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- John Fuchs, "United States Census, 1930"
- Mr John Robert Fuchs, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- John R Fuchs, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag
The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.
1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Hans, Kurt, Gerhard, Fritz, Mathias, Matthias, Armin, Ulrich, Erwin, Helmut.
German and Jewish: from Middle High German vuhs, German Fuchs ‘fox’, a nickname for a sly or cunning person, or for someone with red hair. This surname is also found in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Poland, Czechia, and Slovenia, often as a translation into German of corresponding Slavic nicknames or surnames. Compare Fox 4, Fuks , and Futch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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