Brief Life History of Dorine Joy
When Dorine Joy Gerard was born on 3 July 1930, in Roberts, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, her father, Harry Clay Gerard, was 26 and her mother, Doris Lavinia Abbott, was 19. She married Joseph Benjamin Potter Jr. on 3 August 1948. She lived in Mud Lake, Marshall, Minnesota, United States in 2001. She died on 2 June 2003, in Terreton, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.
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Sources (32)
- Dorine J Gerard in household of Harry C Gerard, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Dorine Joy Gerard - Government record: birth-name: Dorine Joy Gerard
- Dorine Gerard, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
Spouse and Children
1922–2009 Male
1930–2003 Female
Parents and Siblings
1904–1983 Male
1911–2001 Female
Siblings (4)
1930–2003 Female
1938–2007 Female
1940–2018 Female
1951–2010 Male
World Events (8)
1931
Age 1
1931 · The Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Age 1
1950
Age 20
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Camille, Jean-Pierre, Murielle, Emile, Pascal, Pierre, Agathe, Alain, Aldes, Antoine, Armand.
French (Gérard), Walloon (mainly Gérard), and English (of Norman origin): from the personal name Gérard, Gerard (from Old French Gerart, Girart), composed of the ancient Germanic elements gēr ‘spear, lance’ + hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’. As a surname of French origin it is also found in Haiti. Compare Garrard and also French Guerard , English Garard , Gerrard , and Jarrard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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