Brief Life History of George Wesley
When George Wesley Fehr was born on 7 April 1883, in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, George F. Fehr, was 23 and his mother, Mary Trostle, was 22. He married Bessie Clara Reedy on 22 July 1905, in West Hamburg, Tilden Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States. He died on 4 May 1963, in West Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Tuckerton, Muhlenberg Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- George W Fehr, "United States Census, 1950"
- George Wesley Felir, "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
- Wesley Fehr, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
South German and Swiss German: metonymic occupational name for a ferryman, from Middle High German ver(e). The name is common in Zurich, where, according to Bahlow, a journeyman of the boatmen's guild named Feer is recorded in 1468.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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