Brief Life History of Earl
When Earl Stritmatter was born on 1 April 1918, in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States, his father, Earl John Stritmatter, was 25 and his mother, Mamie Amelia Niedermeyer, was 27. He married Esther Eloise Carroll on 29 July 1944, in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States. He lived in United States in 1949. He registered for military service in 1943. He died on 3 July 2003, in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Catholic Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States.
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Sources (12)
- Earl Stritmotter, Jr, "United States 1950 Census"
- Earl Joseph Stritmatter, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Earl J Stritmatter, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
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World Events (8)
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Armin, Fritz, Guenther, Kurt.
South German: habitational name for someone from Strittmatt, near Waldshut.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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