Brief Life History of George Franklin
George Franklin Schnabel was born on 6 March 1878, in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States. He married Elsie Irene Bortz on 7 April 1906, in Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Salisbury Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America in 1900. He died on 1 April 1957, in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Saint Marks Cemetery, Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- George F Schnable in household of William Schnable, "United States Census, 1900"
- George F. Schnable, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- George Franklin Schnabel, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Florian, Frieda, Kurt, Bodo, Claus, Dieter, Fritz, Hans, Hermann, Juergen, Markus.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a gossip or a glutton, from Middle High German snabel, German Schnabel ‘beak, mouth’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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