When Alfred Netter was born on 4 January 1900, in Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, his father, Christian Netter, was 28 and his mother, Maria Katharina Reichwein, was 26. He died on 9 October 1963, in his hometown, at the age of 63.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina provoking World War I.
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.
Armistice ending World War I.
English: occupational name for a net-maker, from Middle English netter ‘net-maker’.
English: occupational name for a cattle-herder, from Middle English nete-herd ‘cattle-herd’ (Old English nēat + hierde).
German and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): variant of Nader .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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