Brief Life History of Edward J
When Edward J Dressler was born on 19 October 1915, in Texas, United States, his father, Frank W Dressler, was 31 and his mother, Cecelia Rosa Orsak, was 24. He lived in Justice Precinct 5, Wharton, Texas, United States in 1940 and El Campo, Wharton, Texas, United States for about 56 years. He died on 7 September 2008, at the age of 92.
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- Edward J Dressler, "United States 1950 Census"
- Edward J Dressler, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
- Edward Dressler in household of Frank Dressler, "United States Census, 1940"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a turner, from Middle High German dreseler or dræselære (formed by the addition of a superfluous agent suffix to Old High German drāsil ‘turner’, a primary derivative of drāen ‘turn, spin’). A turner would make small objects not just from wood, but also from bone, ivory, and amber, all of which were widely used in the Middle Ages for their decorative value. This surname is also found in Poland and Czechia. See also Drechsler , compare Tressler .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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