Emil Albert Preuss

Male19 September 1901–2003

Brief Life History of Emil Albert

When Emil Albert Preuss was born on 19 September 1901, in Kraupischken, Ragnit, East Prussia, Prussia, Germany, his father, August Preuss, was 43 and his mother, Emilie Seehaus, was 27. He died in 2003, at the age of 102.

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Family Time Line

August Preuss
1858–
Emilie Seehaus
1875–
Franz Ferdinand Preuss
1895–
Emil Albert Preuss
1901–2003
Ernst Adolf Preuss
1904–2006

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  • Legacy NFS Source: Emil Albert Preuss - Church record: birth-name: Emil Albert Preuss

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World Events (3)

1914

Age 13

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina provoking World War I.

1914 · Germany declares war on Russia

Age 13

On August 1, 1914, Germany declared war on Russia, sparking World War I. This would not be the last time Germany caused a world war. After the Allies defeated Germany, they signed the Treaty of Versailles.

1918

Age 17

Armistice ending World War I.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Eckhard, Erwin, Gerda, Horst, Gunter, Ilse, Klaus, Lothar, Monika, Rainer.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from Prussia (German Preussen), a former state of northern Germany, so called from the ethnic name of a Baltic people (see Prus ) displaced by the Germans during the 13th century, or an ethnic name for a member of this people.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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