Brief Life History of Raymond Franklin
When Raymond Franklin Darrough was born in 1896, in Darroughs Hot Springs, Nye, Nevada, United States, his father, James Thomas Darrough, was 37 and his mother, Laura Morgan Stebbins, was 34. He married Thelma Kate Logan on 30 December 1919, in Nye, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Tonopah, Nye, Nevada, United States in 1950. He died on 19 March 1980, in Bishop, Inyo, California, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Tonopah, Nye, Nevada, United States.
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- Raymond Darrough, "United States Census, 1940"
- Raymond Darrough, "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993"
- Raymond Franklin Darrough, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
Irish (northern): variant of Darragh .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Raymond Franklin Darrough
Raymond Franklin Darrough was born on February 16, 1896, at Darrough Hot Springs in Smoky Valley, Nye County, Nevada. He and his twin brother Lawrence were the second and third of six sons born to J …
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