Rita Anne Kratzmyer

Female11 March 1926–13 January 2007

Brief Life History of Rita Anne

When Rita Anne Kratzmyer was born on 11 March 1926, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, her father, Harry Emil Kratzmyer, was 33 and her mother, Mabelle Anne Gough, was 29. She married Joseph "John" Holzhauer on 30 September 1950, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. She lived in Detroit Ward 21, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1940. She died on 13 January 2007, in Warren Township, Macomb, Michigan, United States, at the age of 80.

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Family Time Line

Joseph "John" Holzhauer
1920–2000
Rita Anne Kratzmyer
1926–2007
Marriage: 30 September 1950

Sources (12)

  • Rita Ann Kratzmeyer in household of Harry E Kratzmeyer, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952
  • Rita A Holzhauer, "United States Social Security Death Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    30 September 1950Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1927

    Age 1

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    1928 · The Detroit Zoo

    Age 2

    "The Detroit Zoological Society was founded in 1911, but the zoo didn't officially open until August 1, 1928. At the opening ceremony, Mayor John C. Nagel was to speak to the gathered crowd. Arriving late, Nagel parked his car behind the bear dens and as he came rushing around the front. A polar bear leaped from the moat in the den and stood directly in front of Nagel. Unaware how precarious his situation was, Nagel stuck out his hand and walked toward the polar bear joking, """"He's the reception committee. The Detroit Zoo was the first zoo in America with cage-less exhibits and the first zoo to no longer keep elephants because of the harsh winters causing psychological stress on them."

    1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War

    Age 22

    The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.

    Name Meaning

    Originally a short form of Margarita, the Spanish form of Margaret , but now commonly used as an independent given name. Its popularity in the 1940s and 50s was influenced no doubt by the fame of the American film star Rita Hayworth ( 1918–87 ).

    Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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