Brief Life History of Frances Evelyn
When Frances Evelyn Kocher was born on 4 June 1903, in Rockton, Winnebago, Illinois, United States, her father, Harry Bartlett Kocher, was 25 and her mother, Jessie Maude Brown, was 23. She married Wilhelm Edwin Roland Geske on 27 March 1923, in San Francisco, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in San Francisco, California, United States for about 10 years and San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States in 1940. She died on 23 September 1995, in Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Cherokee Memorial Park, Lodi, San Joaquin, California, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Frances E Geske, "United States Census, 1940"
- Frances Evelyn Geske, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Frances Evelyn Kocher Gross, "Find A Grave Index"
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1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
German (Köcher): from Middle High German kochaere ‘vessel, container (for transporting fish), quiver’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of these.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a cook, from an agent derivative of German kochen ‘to cook’. Compare Koch .
Americanized form of Czech Kočer (see Kocer ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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