John Wunder

Male3 December 1921–17 March 1941

Brief Life History of John

When John Wunder was born on 3 December 1921, in Russia, his father, George Wunder Sr, was 31 and his mother, Maria Christina Lutz, was 33. He lived in Lingle, Laramie, Wyoming, United States in 1930. He died on 17 March 1941, in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States, at the age of 19, and was buried in Lingle, Laramie, Wyoming, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Wunder Sr
1890–1945
Maria Christina Lutz
1887–1964
Marie Christina Wunder
1910–1994
Katherine "Katie" Wunder
1912–1933
George Wunder Jr
1917–1991
Conrad Wunder
1919–1919
John Wunder
1921–1941
Conrad Wunder
1923–1989
Ruben Wunder
1925–1994
Harold David Wunder
1928–2006
Edward Wunder Sr
1931–2002

Sources (14)

  • John Winder in household of George Winder, "United States Census, 1930"
  • John Wunder, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"
  • John Wunder, "Washington, County Death Registers, 1881-1979"

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World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Age 2

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights

Age 2

Is a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even though it isn't the 28th Amendment yet, it has started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.

1927

Age 6

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone who performed wonders, from German Wunder ‘miracle’, Middle High German wunderære. The Jewish name is mainly artificial. The German name can also be from a nickname for a curious or inquisitive person, from Middle High German wunder ‘curiosity’, ‘astonishment’.

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

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