Brief Life History of Robert James
When Robert James Krebs was born on 19 July 1942, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, his father, Albert A Krebs, was 38 and his mother, Estella Lillian Nash, was 34. He died on 11 September 1988, in Batavia, Batavia Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Graceland Memorial Gardens, Miami Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States.
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- Robert James Krebs, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Robert J Krebs, "Find A Grave Index"
- Robert J Krebs, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
1953
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a law recognizing that Ohio was admitted into the Union, since it had previously slipped through the cracks. The official date of admittance was agreed upon as March 1, 1803, ratified as of May 19, 1953.
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
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Gerhard, Arno, Bernd, Dieter, Erwin, Franz, Fritz, Heinz, Helmut, Irmgard.
German and Swiss German: metonymic occupational name for a catcher or seller of crabs or crayfish or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a crab, perhaps because they had a peculiar gait. The name was certainly standardized from older variants like Krevetes or Krebiss which reflect Middle Low German crevet ‘crab, shrimp’, as well as Middle High German krebez. This surname is also found in e.g. Slovenia, Czechia, and Poland, often as a translation into German of the Slavic surname Rak ‘crayfish’, and in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Crabbs , Crapps , Crepps , Creps , and Krebbs .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Krebs ‘crab’ (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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