Evelyn Ruth Franz

Brief Life History of Evelyn Ruth

When Evelyn Ruth Franz was born on 25 June 1920, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, her father, Conrad G Franz, was 31 and her mother, Amanda Wolf, was 32. She married Rudolph Frank Stiegele on 11 September 1941, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in North Royalton, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1940. She died on 19 July 2003, in Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.

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Rudolph Frank Stiegele
1908–1994
Evelyn Ruth Franz
1920–2003
Marriage: 11 September 1941
Barbara Ann Stiegele
1944–2022

Sources (4)

  • Evelyn Stiegel in household of Rudolf Stiegel, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Evelyn R Stiegele, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
  • Evelyn Stiegel in household of Rudolf Stiegel, "United States Census, 1940"

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World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1925 · The First Municipally Owned Airport in the Country.

The Cleveland Hopkins Airport was named after its founder, William R. Hopkins, and it was the first municipality-owned airport in the United States. It also is the home of the first air traffic control tower, the first ground-to-air radio control system, the first airfield lighting system, and the first U.S. airport to be directly connected to a local rail transit system. It is still in operation today and is the 43rd busiest airport in the United States.

1942 · The Japanese American internment

Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Helmut, Hans, Kurt, Wilhelm, Dieter, Fritz, Johannes, Manfred, Otto, Erwin, Ewald, Gerhard.

German: from the personal name Franz, from Latin Franciscus (see Francis ). This form of the surname is also found in Poland, Czechia, and France (Alsace and Lorraine).

Germanized or Americanized form of Polish, Czech, or Slovak Franc 2, Slovenian or Croatian Franc 3.

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

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