Brief Life History of Klaus Heinrich Thomas
When Klaus Heinrich Thomas Mann was born on 18 November 1906, in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, his father, Paul Thomas Mann, was 31 and his mother, Katharina Hedwig Pringsheim, was 23. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1948 and lived in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1946. He died on 21 May 1949, in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France, at the age of 42, and was buried in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
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- Klaus Henry Mann, "New York, New York City, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
- Klaus Mann, „Find A Grave Index“
- Klaus Heinrich Mann, „New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957“
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1907 · Pike's Market
Pike’s Market is one of the oldest still working farmer’s markets in the US. It is located in Seattle’s central business district, just north of Belltown , and southwest of central waterfront and Elliott Bay. One of the attractions there is the gum wall.
1910 · Angel Island Serves Immigrants
Angel Island served as a western entry point for hundreds of thousands of U.S. immigrants, mainly from China, from 1910 to 1940.
1918
Armistice ending World War I.
Name Meaning
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a fierce or strong man, or for a man contrasted with a boy, from Middle English, Middle High German man, German Mann ‘man’. In some cases it may have arisen as an occupational name for a servant, from the medieval use of the term to describe a person of inferior social status. The Jewish surname can be artificial.
English and German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Manno, found in Old English as Mann or Manna. This originated either as a byname or else as a short form of a compound name containing the element man ‘man’, such as Hermann .
English: habitational name from the Isle of Man.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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