William Gordon Schaefer

Male26 November 1963–14 September 2002

Brief Life History of William Gordon

William Gordon Schaefer was born on 26 November 1963, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States. He died on 14 September 2002, in his hometown, at the age of 38.

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  • Legacy NFS Source: William Gordon Schaefer - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: William Gordon Schaefer

World Events (3)

1964 · The Twenty-Fourth Amendment

Age 1

The Twenty-fourth Amendment prohibits both all the states and Congress from swaying the right to vote in elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax.

1965 · The Voting Rights Act

Age 2

The Voting Rights Act prohibits racial discrimination in voting. The Act secured the right to vote for minorities in the South. It also prohibits local governments from making any voting law that results in discrimination against any kind of minorities.

1967 · Boeing Assembly Plant

Age 4

The Boeing factory in Everett, Washington is where all the Boeing planes are built. It is the largest building in the world at a volume 472,370,319 cu ft and covers 98.7 acres.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Erwin, Ernst, Hans, Gerhard, Helmut, Dieter, Wolfgang, Hermann, Horst, Manfred.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) (Schäfer): occupational name for a shepherd, from an agent derivative of German Schaf, Middle High German schāf ‘sheep’. It is also found in Hungary and Czechia. Compare Schafer and Schaffer 2.

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

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