Louis Edward ADLER

Male28 January 1936–7 July 2003

Brief Life History of Louis Edward

When Louis Edward ADLER was born on 28 January 1936, in Taumarunui, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand, his father, Louis Charles ADLER, was 23 and his mother, Catherine Pearl Gruebner, was 27. He died on 7 July 2003, in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, at the age of 67, and was buried in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Family Time Line

Louis Charles ADLER
1912–1952
Catherine Pearl Gruebner
1908–1996
Louis Edward ADLER
1936–2003

Sources (2)

  • Louis Edward Adler, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Headstone image of Louis Edward Adler from billiongraves.com

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (1)

World Events (8)

1939

Age 3

WWII. Troops from New Zealand see action in Europe, North Africa and the Pacific during World War II.

1943 · Eleanor Roosevelt Visits During War

Age 7

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt visited New Zealand during the calmer years of World War II in the Pacific. It was the first time that a first lady of the United States had visited the country alone without their husband. 

1955 · The Pulp and Paper Mill

Age 19

The Tasman Mill is the largest single employer in the Eastern Bay of Plenty region. It has continued to use the geothermal steam as a power source and is home to a 100-megawatt Geothermal power station that is located within the mill.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Erwin, Manfred, Fritz, Gunther, Helmut, Klaus, Merwin, Otto, Bernhard, Egon. Jewish Moshe, Ari, Arie, Aron, Emanuel, Hillel, Aryeh, Avi, Avram, Chaim.

German: from Adler ‘eagle’, in most cases a topographic or habitational name referring to a house identified by the sign of an eagle. The German noun is from Middle High German adelar, itself a compound of adel ‘noble’ + ar ‘eagle’. This surname is also found in e.g. Czechia, Poland, and Slovenia, often as a translation into German of the Slavic surname Orel , in Hungary, where it is spelled Ádler, and in France (Alsace and Lorraine).

Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name meaning ‘eagle’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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