Brief Life History of Walter Albert
When Walter Albert Fritz was born on 7 June 1882, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, his father, Maxmilian Fritz, was 39 and his mother, Rosa Spelina, was 34. He married Mayme Kletzker on 14 November 1905, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Missouri, United States in 1920 and St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1930. He died on 15 January 1957, in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 74.
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- Walter A Fritz, "United States Census, 1930"
- Walter A Fritz, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Walter Albert Fritz, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1884 · Iron Mining starts in Minnesota
After discovering iron ore in the Vermilion Range in North-East of Minnesota, iron mining companies began to come to the area and caused an economic boom to the area of Duluth and to the state as a whole.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
German: from a pet form of the personal name Friedrich . This form of the surname is also found in Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, and France (Alsace and Lorraine), and also in central European countries such as Slovenia, Croatia, Czechia, and Slovakia, where it is more often spelled in the Slavicized form Fric (see below).
Americanized or Germanized form of Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, and Croatian Fric: from the personal name Fric, a pet form, of German origin (see above), of Old Czech and Slovak Fridrich, Slovenian Friderik, Croatian Fridrik, equivalents of German Friedrich .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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