Researching Louis Wecker
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The name Louis means "Famous in Battle" and is of German origin.
Records of Louis Wecker on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Louis Wecker and the Wecker Genealogy
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Wecker Family Tree Databases
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Wecker Forums
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Louis Wecker. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Louis Wecker
Louis de Wecker
right|thumb|Louis de Wecker (ca. 1890)Louis de Wecker (29 September 1832 – 24 January 1906) was a French ophthalmologist born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
He studied medicine in Würzburg, Berlin, Vienna and Paris, earning doctorates from Würzburg (1855) and Paris (1861). From 1862 he maintained a popular ophthalmology clinic in Paris.
In 1867 he performed an enucleation of the eye of Léon Gambetta. His name is associated with "de Wecker scissors", which are small sharp-pointed scissors used for intraocular surgery of the iris and lens capsule.
Dr. José Rizal (1861-1896), martyr and national hero of the Philippines, completed his ophthalmological training under Professor Louis de Wecker in Paris in 1885.
Source: Louis de Wecker, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Wecker
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