Brief Life History of Georg
When Georg Kreutzer was born on 17 March 1887, in Seidwitz, Creußen, Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany, his father, Frederik George Kreutzer, was 27 and his mother, Katharina Kreutzer, was 23. He married Grete Marie Luise Huwe on 23 May 1918, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 7 April 1959, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Sources (46)
- George Kreutzer, "United States 1950 Census"
- George Kreutzen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- George Kreutzer, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
1890
Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.
1890
Death by suicide of van Gogh.
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
German and Swiss German: topographic name for someone who lived near a cross set up by the roadside or in a marketplace, from Middle High German kriuz(e) ‘cross’ + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.
German: habitational name for someone from a place called Krögis (recorded as Creuz in 1186), or from some other place similarly named.
German: in some cases, possibly from Middle High German kriuzære, kriuzer, a term denoting a crusader or Teutonic Knight, an allusion to the symbol of the cross worn on the tunic by such knights.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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