Brief Life History of Gordon Paul
When Gordon Paul Richter was born on 26 November 1914, in Le Sueur, Minnesota, United States, his father, Paul William Richter, was 21 and his mother, Bridget T. Malone, was 20. He lived in Montgomery, Le Sueur, Minnesota, United States for about 5 years and Houston, Harris, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 16 April 1996, in Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Pearland, Brazoria, Texas, United States.
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- Gordon Richter in household of Paul Richter, "United States Census, 1930"
- G P Richter, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
- Gordon P Ruhter, "United States Census, 1920"
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1915 · Home of the Federal Reserve Bank for the Ninth District
The first building for the Federal Reserve bank in Minneapolis was completed in 1915 and was a peculiar structure. It had no windows on the lower walls close to the street and later, a small skyscraper was added to the top. It was created to serve the states of Montana, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, and the northern parts of Wisconsin and Michigan. Even though it covers a wide area, it serves the smallest population base of the entire reserve system. Today the Federal Reserve is housed in three buildings that are housed a few blocks away from each other.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Hans, Fritz, Helmut, Horst, Erwin, Heinz, Juergen, Gerhard, Siegfried, Wolfgang.
German: occupational or status name for an arbiter or judge, Middle High German rihtære (from rihten ‘to make right’). The term was used in the Middle Ages mostly to denote a part-time legal official. Such communal conciliators held a position of considerable esteem in rural communities; in eastern Germany the term came to denote a village headman, which was often a hereditary office. It is in this part of Germany that the surname is most frequent. The surname Richter is also common in many other European countries, most notably Czechia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, France, and the Netherlands, and also in South Africa. See also 3 below.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a rabbinic judge, from German Richter ‘judge’ (see 1 above). See also Dayan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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