Sharon Rae Wells Casper
July 1940–2003 (Age 62)
Peoria, Illinois, United States
The Life of Sharon Rae Wells
Sharon Rae Wells Casper was born in July 1940 as the daughter of Earl Albert Wells. She died in 2003, in Peoria, Illinois, United States, at the age of 63.
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Family Time Line
Earl Albert Wells
1911–1993
Sharon Rae Wells Casper
1940–2003
Parents and Siblings
Earl Albert Wells
1911–1993Male
siblings
(1)
1940–2003Female
World Events (3)
1941
Age 1
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1941 · The Four Freedoms
Age 1
President Roosevelt spoke in front of Congress and gave a speech on what Freedoms everyone should be granted. First being the Freedom of Speech. Second, the freedom of Religion, Third, The Freedom from Want, and Fourth, the Freedom from Fear. Being a big deal, FDR didn't just say that all people should have these freedoms because Americans already expected these freedoms.
1942
Age 2
On December 2, 1942, Enrico Fermi and a small band of scientists and engineers demonstrated that a simple construction of graphite bricks and uranium lumps could produce controlled heat. The space chosen for the first nuclear fission reactor was a squash court under the football stadium at the University of Chicago.
Name Meaning
German and Slavic: from the personal name Casper or Kaspar, which was especially popular in central Europe up to the 18th century. Originally from Persian kaehbaed, khazana-dar, or ganjvaer, all meaning ‘treasure bearer’, it was ascribed by popular tradition in Europe to one of the three Magi. Their supposed remains were taken to Cologne from Constantinople in the 12th century. See also Baltazar and Melchior .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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- Sharon Rae Casper, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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