When Raymond Phillip Gerecke was born on 13 May 1897, in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States, his father, Christ Gustav Gerecke, was 45 and his mother, Rosina Frei, was 40. He married Nellie C. Reifsteck on 9 July 1921, in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States. He lived in West Seneca, West Seneca, Erie, New York, United States for about 5 years. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 23 September 1957, in Cheektowaga, Erie, New York, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Cheektowaga, Erie, New York, United States.
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After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Some characteristic forenames: German Dieter, Heinz, Lorenz, Manfred.
North German: from a pet form of a personal name formed with gēri, gāri ‘spear’ + the -k- diminutive suffix.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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