Brief Life History of Michael Lynn
When Michael Lynn May was born on 20 August 1939, in Jackson, Teton, Wyoming, United States, his father, Joseph Lynn May, was 22 and his mother, Mary Johanna Sperl, was 20. He lived in Election District 1, Teton, Wyoming, United States in 1940. He died on 7 July 1943, in Jackson, Teton, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 3, and was buried in Aspen Hill Cemetery, Jackson, Teton, Wyoming, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Michel L May in household of Joseph L May, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Michael Lynn May - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Michael Lynn May
- Mickey May, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (3)
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.
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English male personal name May, a pet form of Matthew (see Mayhew ).
English, Dutch, and German: from a personal name or nickname taken from the month of May (Middle English, Old French mai, Middle High German meie, from Latin Maius (mensis), from Maia, a minor Roman goddess of fertility). This name was sometimes bestowed on someone born or baptized in the month of May; it was also used to refer to someone of a sunny disposition, or who had some anecdotal connection with the month of May, such as owing a feudal obligation then. In England, this name was possibly also a pet form of Mary or Margaret. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Denmark.
English: nickname from Middle English mey, may ‘kinsman’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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