Earl George Kiefer

Brief Life History of Earl George

When Earl George Kiefer was born in 1916, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Johann Michael Kiefer, was 30 and his mother, Anna Fischer, was 27. He lived in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. He died on 24 April 2007, in Hernando, Florida, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Mount Oliver, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Johann Michael Kiefer
1886–1964
Anna Fischer
1889–1970
Harold Joseph Kiefer
1914–1928
Earl George Kiefer
1916–2007
Dorothy M Kiefer
1920–1996

Sources (3)

  • Earl Kiefer in household of John Kiefer, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Earl G Kiefer, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • E G Kiefer, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

World Events (8)

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.

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Franz, Erwin, Heinz, Dieter, Fritz, Alois, Aloys, Claus, Ernst, Florian, Frieda.

German: occupational name for a cooper or the overseer of a wine cellar, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kuofe ‘vat, barrel’ (from Latin cupa).

German: possibly also from an agent derivative of Middle High German kiffen ‘to quarrel’, hence a nickname for a bickerer.

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

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