Shirley Grob - Zimmerman

Female17 May 1938–11 December 2003

Brief Life History of Shirley

When Shirley Grob - Zimmerman was born on 17 May 1938, in Albany, New York, United States, her father, Alouis Grob, was 33 and her mother, Noreen Marie Lesson, was 23. She died on 11 December 2003, in Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 65.

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Family Time Line

Alouis Grob
1905–
Noreen Marie Lesson
1914–1999
Shirley Grob - Zimmerman
1938–2003

Sources (3)

  • Shirley Grob in household of Louis Grob, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Shirley Ann Zimmerman in entry for Noreen Marie Wuttke, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Shirley Hellebrand, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (1)

World Events (8)

1941

Age 3

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

1941 · The Four Freedoms

Age 3

President Roosevelt spoke in front of Congress and gave a speech on what Freedoms everyone should be granted. First being the Freedom of Speech. Second, the freedom of Religion, Third, The Freedom from Want, and Fourth, the Freedom from Fear. Being a big deal, FDR didn't just say that all people should have these freedoms because Americans already expected these freedoms.

1956 · The Federal Aid Highway Act

Age 18

With the construction of 41,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System, the Federal Aid Highway Act made way for the largest public works project in American history at that time. One of the purposes was to provide military access to places in case of an attack.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Elfriede, Erwin, Franz, Hans, Heinz, Markus.

German (Switzerland): nickname for a strong, heavy man, or for a lout, from Middle High German g(e)rop ‘coarse’.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Yiddish grob, cognate with 1 above, which also means ‘fat’ and may have been applied in this sense.

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

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