Brief Life History of Floyd
When Floyd Burke was born on 22 November 1925, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, his father, Joseph Henry Burke, was 41 and his mother, Rosey Maybell Watkins, was 23. He lived in Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1930. He died in 1944, in At Sea, at the age of 19.
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Sources (3)
- Floyd Burke in household of Joe H Burke, "United States Census, 1930"
- Floyd Buster Burke, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Floyd Burke - Memory of Someone: birth-name: Floyd Burke
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World Events (7)
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Kieran, Siobhan, Aileen, Brennan, Brigid, Donovan, Liam, Murphy, Ulick, Aidan, Dermot.
English and Irish (of Anglo-Norman origin): habitational name from Burgh (Castle) in Suffolk, England. Burk represents an Anglo-Norman pronunciation of Old English burg, Middle English burgh ‘fortification’ (see Burgh ).
German: variant of Burk .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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