Brief Life History of Marion Ira
When Marion Ira Parke was born on 8 July 1923, in Cardston, Alberta, Canada, his father, Ira Charles Parke, was 32 and his mother, Pricilla Ruth Adams, was 33. He married Anita Jane Kehoe on 19 April 1948, in Kitsap, Washington, United States. He lived in Seattle, King, Washington, United States for about 10 years and King, Washington, United States in 1950. He died on 20 May 2005, in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States, at the age of 81.
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- Marion I Parke, "United States 1950 Census"
- Merion Ira Parke, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
- Marion Ira Parke, "Washington, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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World Events (8)
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1940
Galloping Gertie is the reference used to describe the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It opened on July 1, 1940 four months later it no longer existed. On November 7, 1940 the wind gusts came up to 40 miles an hour causing the bridge to twist and vibrate violently before it collapsed into Puget Sound. The only victim of the bridge collapsing was a three-legged paralyzed dog named Tubby whose owner tried to rescue him from the car but he wouldn’t go with him.
1945 · Peace in a Post War World
The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Park . This form of the surname is common in Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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