Virginia Lynne Driver

Brief Life History of Virginia Lynne

When Virginia Lynne Driver was born on 2 October 1937, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, her father, Sinclair Thomas Driver, was 32 and her mother, Helen Norma Steans, was 26. She married William Daniel Bailey on 31 December 1953, in Los Angeles, California, United States. She died on 12 October 1990, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 53.

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Family Time Line

William Daniel Bailey
1933–2014
Virginia Lynne Driver
1937–1990
Marriage: 31 December 1953

Sources (10)

  • Virginia Driver in household of Sinclair Driver, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Virginia Lynne Driver, "California Birth Index, 1905-1995"
  • Virginia Lynne Driver, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

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World Events (8)

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

1941 · The Four Freedoms

President Roosevelt spoke in front of Congress and gave a speech on what Freedoms everyone should be granted. First being the Freedom of Speech. Second, the freedom of Religion, Third, The Freedom from Want, and Fourth, the Freedom from Fear. Being a big deal, FDR didn't just say that all people should have these freedoms because Americans already expected these freedoms.

1953 · Grizzly Bear Becomes State Animal

The California grizzly bear became designated as the state animal in 1953.

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): occupational name for a driver of horses or oxen attached to a cart or plow, or a driver of loose cattle, from Middle English drivere ‘herdsman; driver (of a team or vehicle)’.

Americanized form of Dutch Drijver, an equivalent of 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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