Robert Carl Rex

27 May 1924–6 September 2004 (Age 80)
Illinois, United States

The Life Summary of Robert Carl

When Robert Carl Rex was born on 27 May 1924, in Illinois, United States, his father, Wilhelm Frederick Rex, was 27 and his mother, Catherine Brownlee Rex, was 26. He had at least 1 daughter with Virginia June Compton. He lived in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States in 1930. He died on 6 September 2004, in California, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States.

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Robert Carl Rex
1924–2004
Virginia June Compton
1925–1975
Sharon Ann Rex Graves
1948–2020

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World Events (8)

1927
Age 3
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary
Age 10
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963. 
1945 · Peace in a Post War World
Age 21
The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.

Name Meaning

English (southwestern): variant of Ricks .German: habitational name from a place so named near Fulda.German: Latinized (humanistic) form of Koenig .

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

Possible Related Names

Ricks

Sources (5)

  • Robert Carl Rex in household of William Brownlee, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Rex, Robert C in household of Wilhelm Rex, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Robert C Rex, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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