Brief Life History of Charles Earnest
Charles Earnest Gorman was born in 1885, in Michigan, United States as the son of Fred Gorman and Lucy Briant. He married Beryl Patience Pratt on 22 August 1922, in San Francisco, California, United States.
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- Charles Gorman, "United States Census, 1930"
- Chas E Gorman, "California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997"
- Charles Earnest Gorman, "California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1887 · The Bagley Memorial Fountain
"The Bagley Memorial Fountain was erected in 1887 with funds from the estate of John Judson Bagley. Bagley's will ordered the construction of the drinking fountain which would provide the people of Detroit ""water cold and pure as the coldest mountain stream."" H.H. Richards was the architect for the Romanesque-style, pink granite, lionhead fountain. It is engraved with the words, ""TESTAMENTARY GIFT FOR THE PEOPLE FROM JOHN JUDSON BAGLEY A.D. MDCCCLXXXVII""."
Name Meaning
Irish (Munster): from Mac Gormáin and Ó Gormáin ‘son (or descendant) of Gormán’, a personal name from a diminutive of gorm ‘dark blue, noble’.
Americanized form of German Görmann: variant of Germann .
Americanized form of German Görmann: of Slavic origin, an occupational name for a miner, from Slavic gora ‘mountain’ + Middle High German man ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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