Rudolph Gerstung

Brief Life History of Rudolph

When Rudolph Gerstung was born on 8 August 1905, in Pirmasens, Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, his father, Konrad Heinrich Gerstung, was 27 and his mother, Katharina Sibylla Reichel, was 31. He married Helen Katharine Dorn on 20 August 1927. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1920 and Elmhurst, DuPage, Illinois, United States in 1940. He died on 22 May 1966, in Mount Prospect, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in United States.

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Family Time Line

Rudolph Gerstung
1905–1966
Edna Katherine Allinder
1912–1964
Marriage: 14 February 1944
Sandra Gerstung
1949–

Sources (8)

  • Rudolph Gerstung in household of Conrad Gerstung, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Rudolph Gerstung - Individual or family possessions: birth: 8 August 1905; Pirmasens, Pfalz, Bayern Lande, Germany
  • Rudy Gerstung, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"

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1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1914

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina provoking World War I.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

From a Latinized version, Rudolphus, of the Germanic name Hrōdwulf ( see Rolf ). It was introduced to the English-speaking world from Germany in the 19th century. Rudolf was a hereditary name among the Habsburgs, the Holy Roman Emperors and rulers of Austria, from the Emperor Rudolf I ( 1218–91 ) to the Archduke Rudolf , Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, who died in mysterious circumstances at his country house at Meyerling in 1889 . Rudolf Rassendyll was the central character of Anthony Hope's adventure stories The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1894 ) and Rupert of Hentzau ( 1898 ), in which he is an English gentleman who bears a great physical resemblance to the King of Ruritania, to whom he is distantly related. He successfully impersonates the king for reasons of state. In the early 20th century the popularity of this name was further enhanced by the American silent-film actor Rudolph Valentino ( 1895–1926 ), born in Italy as Rodolfo di Valentina d'Antonguolla . It has not been used much in recent times, perhaps being inextricably associated with ‘the red-nosed reindeer’ of the Christmas song.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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