Brief Life History of George Fred
When George Fred Smutzer was born on 15 November 1891, in Michigan City, Michigan Township, LaPorte, Indiana, United States, his father, Albert F Smutzer, was 25 and his mother, Amelia Petkowski, was 24. He married Esther Frieda Timm on 18 November 1920, in LaPorte, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana, United States for about 30 years. He died on 5 September 1942, in LaPorte, Indiana, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Pine Lake Cemetery, La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana, United States.
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- George Smutzer, "United States Census, 1940"
- George Fred Smutzer, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- George Fred Smutzer, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
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.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
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
Possibly an Americanized form of German Schmetzer, a nickname for a garrulous person, from an agent derivative of Middle High German smetzen ‘to chatter’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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