Brief Life History of Robert Joe
When Robert Joe Brune was born on 2 May 1922, in Tekamah, Burt, Nebraska, United States, his father, William J Brune, was 33 and his mother, Ella Gertrude Chick, was 35. He married Lola Sue Wilkerson on 6 October 1943, in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 28 March 1994, in Nueces, Texas, United States, at the age of 71.
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Sources (7)
- Robert J Brune in household of William J Brune, "United States Census, 1930"
- Robert Joe Brune, "Iowa, Marriage Records, 1941-1951"
- Robert Joe Brune, "Nebraska, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Guenter, Hans, Helmut, Ingeborg, Johannes, Jurgen, Wilfried.
German (Brüne): habitational name from Brüne in Lower Saxony or Brünen near Wesel, Lower Rhine.
German: nickname meaning ‘brown’, from a dialect form (Alemannic and Low German) of Braun .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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