Brief Life History of George Merlin
When George Merlin Bahr was born on 17 February 1882, in Salem, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Claus Otto Bahr, was 33 and his mother, Mary Ann Grant, was 26. He married Emma Magdalene Charlotte Petersen on 6 December 1917, in Salem, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 2 March 1971, in Salem, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Salem, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- George M Bahr, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- George M. Bahr, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- George M Bahr, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Claas, Erwin, Gunter, Otto, Hans, Eberhard, Ewald, Florian, Frieda, Fritz, Gerhard, Heinz.
North German: from Middle Low German bar(e) ‘bear’, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal, a metonymic occupational name for someone who kept a performing bear, or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a bear. In some cases it may derive from a personal name containing this element.
German (Bähr): variant of Baer 1, a cognate of 1 above, of Middle High German origin. Compare Baehr 1 and Bar 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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