William Eugene Hecker

18 December 1937–13 August 2001 (Age 63)
New Kensington, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life Summary of William Eugene

When William Eugene Hecker was born on 18 December 1937, in New Kensington, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Holderbaum Hecker, was 56 and his mother, Minni Edna Ream, was 41. He lived in Arnold, New Kensington, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1950. He died on 13 August 2001, in Stanton, Montgomery, Iowa, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Missouri Veterans Cemetery at Springfield, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Holderbaum Hecker
1881–1953
Minni Edna Ream
1896–1972
Robert Mathias Moon
1913–1993
Charles Hecker
–
Elenor Hecker
–
Ida Hecker
–
William Hecker
–
Elvie Viola Ream
1922–1995
Ida Rebecca Hecker
1925–1994
Elenor Jean Hecker
1927–1945
David Thomas Hecker
1929–1994
Genevieve Louise Hecker
1931–2011
Genevieve hecker
1932–
Virgil Ray Hecker
1933–1982
Donald L. Hecker
1936–
William Eugene Hecker
1937–2001
Charles Hecker
1941–

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World Events (8)

1941
Age 4
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1945 · Missouri's Fourth Constitution Becomes Effective
Age 8
Missouri's current constitution became effective on March 30, 1945.
1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins
Age 18
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

German and Swiss German: variant of Heck 1, with the addition of the suffix -er, denoting an inhabitant.German and Swiss German: habitational name for someone from any of the places called Hecke or Hecken.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Hacker ‘butcher, woodcutter’.

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

Possible Related Names

Heck
Heckert

Sources (7)

  • William E Hecker in household of John H Hecker, "United States Census, 1940"
  • William E Hecker, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • William E Hecker, "United States 1950 Census"

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