Rudolph Lewis Sperling

Brief Life History of Rudolph Lewis

When Rudolph Lewis Sperling was born on 6 April 1898, in Independence, Polk, Oregon, United States, his father, Charles Lewis Sperling, was 29 and his mother, Anna Nancy Gay, was 30. He lived in Wilbur, Douglas, Oregon, United States for about 11 years and San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1915. He died on 3 March 1956, in Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Lewis Sperling
1868–1938
Anna Nancy Gay
1867–1952
Arthur John Sperling
1893–1988
Ruth Estelle Sperling
1895–1958
Rudolph Lewis Sperling
1898–1956
Eva Sperling
1899–1901
Alice Eleanor Sperling
1902–1981
Frances Helen Sperling
1903–1951
Herman Charles Sperling
1905–1959
Carl Gene Sperling
1907–1984

Sources (14)

  • Rudolph Sperling, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Rudolph L Sperling, "United States Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps, 1798-1937"
  • Rudolph L. Sperling, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

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.

Name Meaning

German: nickname from a diminutive of Middle High German spar(e) ‘sparrow’.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Sperling ‘sparrow’.

English (Middlesex): variant of Sparling .

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

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