Brief Life History of Raymond Fred
When Raymond Fred Messmer was born on 16 December 1890, in Richmond, Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States, his father, Joseph Messmer, was 43 and his mother, Kunda Gunda Bolter, was 39. He married Margaretha Eilerman on 29 May 1918, in Wayne, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Wayne, Wayne, Nebraska, United States in 1930 and Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States in 1940. He died on 3 December 1978, at the age of 87, and was buried in Richmond, Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (11)
- Raymon Messmer in household of Joseph Messmer, "United States Census, 1900"
- Raymond Messmer en el registro de Robert Joseph Messmer y Phyllis A Smedinghoff, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Raymond F Messmer, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
Spouse and Children
1890–1978 Male
1888– Female
Children (2)
1919–2010 Female
1926–2013 Male
Parents and Siblings
1847–1925 Male
1851–1893 Female
Siblings (7)
1878–1956 Female
1878–1971 Female
1881– Female
1884– Male
1886–1912 Male
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 6
1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
Age 16
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
Age 23
Name Meaning
German (Alemannic and Swabian): variant of Messner , the alteration being by analogy with surnames in -mer borrowed from placenames in -heim ‘homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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