Brief Life History of Russell Lee
When Russell Lee Deck was born on 23 November 1939, in Houston, Texas, Missouri, United States, his father, Lyle Deck, was 28 and his mother, Effie Annie Gross, was 27. He died on 6 September 1984, in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Pine Lawn Cemetery, Houston, Texas, Missouri, United States.
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- Russell L Deck in household of Lyle Deck, "United States Census, 1940"
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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.
1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins
The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.
Name Meaning
South German: metonymic occupational name for a roofer, from Middle High German decke ‘covering, roof’. Compare the later form Decker .
Dutch and North German: from the personal name Deck, a local pet form of Dutch Diederik (see Dederick ) or German Dietrich .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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