Brief Life History of Edwin Fredrick
Edwin Fredrick Drews was born on 25 March 1912, in North Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States. He married Flora Louise Helen Kienow on 2 November 1935, in Burnett, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Dodge, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States in 1935 and Beaver Dam, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States in 1940. He died on 9 March 1957, in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 44.
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Sources (4)
- Edwin Drews, "United States Census, 1940"
- Edwin Drews, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Edwin F Drews in entry for Ray W Drews, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1919 · Minimum Wage Laws Passed
The first minimum wage law took effect in 1919 and specified women and children under 17 years of age should be paid 22 cents per hour.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Gerhard, Gunter, Hans, Heinz, Helmut, Otto, Reinhold, Bernd, Detlef, Egon, Erna.
English: variant of Drew with post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also found in Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
Americanized form of German, Danish, and Dutch Drewes .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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