Brief Life History of Franz Otto
When Franz Otto Drechsel was born on 17 September 1878, in Grießbach, Schneeberg, Kreis Aue-Schwarzenberg, Saxony, Germany, his father, Friedrich Gustav Drechsel, was 24 and his mother, Amelia Henriette Pfaff, was 25. He married Alma Martha Knorr on 14 August 1902, in Großbardau, Kreis Grimma, Saxony, Germany. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States in 1910 and lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930. He died on 6 December 1937, in Berlin, Germany, at the age of 59, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Franz Otto Drecksel, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Franz Otto, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Utah, U.S., Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1890
Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Gerhardt, Hans, Heinz, Kurt, Siegfried.
German: occupational name from Old High German drāsil ‘turner’. See also Drechsler .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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