Larry Gorringe

Male1 April 1941–10 March 2008

Brief Life History of Larry

When Larry Gorringe was born on 1 April 1941, in Ketchum, Blaine, Idaho, United States, his father, Lawrence Read Gorringe, was 21 and his mother, Ellen Margaret Lee, was 21. He lived in Boise, Idaho, United States in 2008. He died on 10 March 2008, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Cloverdale Memorial Park, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lawrence Read Gorringe
1919–1997
Ellen Margaret Lee
1919–2009
Elenora Gorringe
1937–1937
Larry Gorringe
1941–2008

Sources (17)

  • Larry Gorringe in household of Lawrence Read Gorringe, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Larry Gorringe - Published information: birth: 1 April 1941; Ketchum, Blaine, Idaho, United States
  • Larry R. Gorringe, "BillionGraves Index"

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Siblings (2)

World Events (8)

1942 · The Japanese American internment

Age 1

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.

1944 · The G.I Bill

Age 3

The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

1960

Age 19

Squaw Valley, California, United States hosts Winter Olympic Games.

Name Meaning

English (Surrey and Suffolk): variant of Goring .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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