Brief Life History of George W.
When George W. Schiller was born on 8 May 1903, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, his father, Herman August Schiller, was 24 and his mother, Anna Mary Sokolowski, was 22. He married Mildred C Raether on 17 July 1926, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Detroit Ward 20, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1920 and Detroit Ward 18, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1940. He died on 28 January 1991, in Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
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Sources (10)
- George Scheller in household of Herman Scheller, "United States Census, 1910"
- George Schiller, "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917"
- George W Schiller, "Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996"
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World Events (8)
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1904 · Belle Isle Aquarium
The Belle Isle Aquarium is a public aquarium located in Belle Isle Park in Detroit. It opened on August 18, 1904, and was the oldest continually operating public aquarium in North America when it closed on April 3, 2005. The aquarium reopened to the public on August 18, 2012, and is now run entirely by volunteers
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Ulrich, Ernst, Erwin, Heinz, Ilse, Ingo, Alois, Berthold, Eugen, Friedrich.
German and Jewish (southern Ashkenazic): dialect variant of Schuler .
German: nickname for someone with a squint, from an agent derivative of Middle High German schilhen, schiln ‘to squint’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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