Brief Life History of Gordan Willard
When Gordan Willard Ousley was born on 27 December 1924, in Elk River, Sherburne, Minnesota, United States, his father, Willard Erving Ousley, was 26 and his mother, Katherine Clouse, was 23. He married Dorothea Madge Stewart on 27 December 1945, in Marshall, Lyon, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Olivia, Renville, Minnesota, United States in 1940 and Price, Carbon, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 15 October 1979, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Benjamin, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Gordon W Ousley, "United States Census, 1950"
- Gordon Willard Ousley, "Minnesota, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
- Gordon W. Ousley, "BillionGraves Index"
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1928 · The Tower Theater
The Tower Theatre is a historic film theater operated by the Salt Lake Film Society. The theater presents independent films and is a venue for the Sundance Film Festival. It also presents classic films on occasional weekends and hosts a movie-rental library for those that want to expand their cinematic knowledge.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Oversley in Arrow (Warwickshire). The etymology of the placename is uncertain; it may be from the Old English personal name Ofe + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’, with forms in -r- due to association of the first element with Old English ōfer ‘bank’ and uferra ‘higher, upper’. Alternatively, from Ouseley in Aston Eyre (Shropshire).
History: This surname was brought to North America by Major Thomas Owsley c. 1677; he was born in Stogursey in Somerset, England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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