Brief Life History of Howard Vernon
When Howard Vernon Douglass was born on 12 September 1912, in Upton, Oxford, Maine, United States, his father, John Orne Douglass, was 37 and his mother, Lettie E Chase, was 36. He married Elise Marie Conner on 5 September 1934, in Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Upton, Upton, Oxford, Maine, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 15 November 1973, in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Upton, Oxford, Maine, United States.
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- Howard V Douglass, "United States 1950 Census"
- Howard V Douglass, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Howard N Douglass, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"
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1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1917 · World War I Contributions
The legislature of Maine dedicated approximately $1 million towards World War I at the time that US involvement began. By the time armistice would be declared in 1918, Maine contributed roughly 35,000 men and $116 million.
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English (Durham and Northumbria): variant of Douglas .
History: William Douglass, a physician recognized for his identification and description of an epidemic of scarlet fever, was born c. 1691 in Gifford, Haddington County, Scotland, and settled in Boston in 1718. The abolitionist, orator, and journalist Frederick Douglass assumed the name after escaping from slavery in 1838 and traveling to Massachusetts. Son of a white father and a slave with some Indian blood, he was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey c. 1817 in Tuckahoe, MD.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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