Alvin Lee Schutte

Brief Life History of Alvin Lee

When Alvin Lee Schutte was born on 12 November 1941, in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, United States, his father, Fred Ludwig Schutte, was 26 and his mother, Edith Lucile Marr, was 21. He lived in Graham, Pierce, Washington, United States in 1993. He died on 10 February 1986, in Washington, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Lakewood, Pierce, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Fred Ludwig Schutte
1915–1980
Edith Lucile Marr
1919–2001
Winifred Lucy Schutte
1936–1998
Alvin Lee Schutte
1941–1986
Verna Elizabeth Schutte
1943–2020

Sources (7)

  • Alvin Shutte, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Birth Certificate: Elven Lee Schutte
  • Alvin L Schutte, "Washington Death Index, 1965-2014"

World Events (8)

1942 · The Japanese American internment

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.

1948 · KING-TV 

In 1948, KING-TV was the first TV station not just in Washington, but the whole Pacific Northwest. It is an NBC tv station licensed to Seattle and Tacoma.

1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.

Name Meaning

North German (mainly Schütte): occupational name for an archer, from Middle Low German schutten ‘to shoot’. Compare Schuetz .

Dutch: variant of Schut , a cognate of 1 above.

Germanized form of Croatian and Slovenian Šute, and probably also of its cognate Šutej (see Shutey ). In part, it is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname, originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola, Slovenia (see Kocevar ). The surname Šute has died out in Slovenia.

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

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