When Louis William Falk was born on 11 August 1890, in Bellville, Austin, Texas, United States, his father, Gustav A. Falk, was 36 and his mother, Alexia Beyer, was 33. He married Ella Frances Hard on 17 June 1912, in Harris, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 1, Austin, Texas, United States in 1900. He died on 28 July 1975, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States.
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Earliest recorded burial date, 1894.
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.
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German: from Middle High German valke ‘falcon’, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble a falcon in some way (e.g. for a sharp-eyed, resolute person) or a metonymic occupational name for a falconer. This surname is also found in the Netherlands (compare Valk ) and in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
German: from the old personal name Falko.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Falke ‘falcon’ or Yiddish falk ‘falcon’, either an ornamental name or from this word used as a personal name.
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