When Julius Edward Stahr was born on 20 November 1907, in East Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States, his father, Martinus Madsen Stæhr, was 25 and his mother, Adelina Olson, was 28. He married Jeanette E Thompson in December 1940, in Saint Johns Church, Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1950 and lived in West Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States for about 15 years. He died on 19 May 1988, at the age of 80, and was buried in Eastlawn Memorial Gardens, Rockingham, Virginia, United States.
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Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
At 792 feet above Broadway, the Woolworth Building became the tallest building in the world and held the record for 17 years. The Woolworth Building was overshadowed by the Chrysler Building at 1,046 feet in 1930 and the Empire State Building at 1,454 feet in 1931. Retailer and mogul Frank W. Woolworth commissioned the Woolworth Building in 1910 with the intent of his namesake building to be the tallest in the world. The 13 million dollar project was financed in cash by Woolworth which allowed him freedoms in the design and construction of the ornate, gothic building. An opening ceremony was held on April 24, 1913 at which President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button from the White House and lit the historic building in New York City.
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Some characteristic forenames: German Bernd, Fritz, Helmuth, Kurt.
German: nickname from Middle High German, Middle Low German star ‘starling’.
Germanized form of Sorbian and Polish Stary ‘small, little’ and of its shortened form Star.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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