When Charles William Schlosser was born on 18 September 1918, in Waterford, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Charles William Schlosser, was 33 and his mother, Mildred M. Williamson, was 22. He married Ruth Louise Knapp on 1 July 1950, in Greenville, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920 and Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 18 October 1976, in Conneaut Township, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Conneaut, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States.
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The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from German Schlosser ‘locksmith’.
German (also Schlösser): topographic or occupational name for someone who worked at a castle, from Schloss with the addition of the agent or habitational suffix -er. This surname is also found in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Czechia, and some other central European countries.
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