Brief Life History of James Thomas
When James Thomas Wachter was born on 24 March 1903, in Maryland, United States, his father, Allen Thomas Wachter, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Virginia Green, was 28. He had at least 1 son with Mildred Jeanette Stup. He lived in United States in 1949 and Licksville, Frederick, Maryland, United States in 1950. He died on 13 July 1974, in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States.
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- James T Wachter, "United States 1950 Census"
- James Thomas Wachter, "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"
- James Thomas Wachter, "Maryland, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
German and Swiss German (also Wächter); Dutch: occupational name for a watchman, from Middle High German wachtære, wehtære, Middle Dutch wacht(e)re ‘watchman, guard, keeper’. Compare Wactor .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Wachter ‘watchman’, perhaps an occupational name by a synagogue beadle (Yiddish shames).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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