Earl Rackenbaugh Jr.

Brief Life History of Earl

When Earl Rackenbaugh Jr. was born on 16 February 1928, in Ohio, United States, his father, Earl Bertram Rackenbaugh, was 33 and his mother, Clara Lovemae Van Zile, was 33. He lived in Crestline, Jackson Township, Crawford, Ohio, United States in 1950 and Richland, Ohio, United States in 1974. He died on 18 March 1974, in Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Earl Rackenbaugh Jr.
1928–1974
Erma Jean Shaw
1932–2023

Sources (12)

  • Carl B Reckenbaugh, Jr, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Earl B Rackenbaugh, "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007"
  • Earl Rackenbaugh, "Ohio, Crawford County Obituaries, 1860-2004"

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World Events (8)

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

North American: from the title originally adopted as a nickname parallel to Duke , King , etc. The title was used in England in Norman times as an equivalent of the French comte ‘count’ it is from Old English eorl ‘warrior, nobleman, prince’. In some cases the given name may have been taken from the surname Earl, which was originally either a nickname or a term denoting someone who worked in the household of an earl.

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

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