When Loren Otterholm Kiefer was born on 24 January 1903, in Keith, Ramsey, North Dakota, United States, his father, Albert Julius Kiefer, was 29 and his mother, Gina Josephine Otterholm, was 26. He married Ada Mary Brockway on 19 November 1923, in Glendive, Dawson, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Richland, Montana, United States in 1935 and Spokane City, Spokane, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 27 April 1985, in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1904: Dawson, Montana, United States 1915: Richland, Montana, United States
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Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Franz, Erwin, Heinz, Dieter, Fritz, Alois, Aloys, Claus, Ernst, Florian, Frieda.
German: occupational name for a cooper or the overseer of a wine cellar, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kuofe ‘vat, barrel’ (from Latin cupa).
German: possibly also from an agent derivative of Middle High German kiffen ‘to quarrel’, hence a nickname for a bickerer.
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