When Joseph Richard Rancourt was born on 5 March 1920, in Waterville, Kennebec, Maine, United States, his father, Alfred Rancourt, was 35 and his mother, Marie Anne Alida Bizier, was 37. He married Jane Beatrice Crow on 26 December 1946, in Arlington, Virginia, United States. He died on 23 February 1981, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Arlington, Virginia, United States.
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Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
"On December 6, 1923, President Calvin Coolidge delivered the first presidential radio broadcast. It was covered by 42 stations and became known as the ""State of the Union"" address."
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Laurent, Jean-Guy, Marcel, Antoine, Clemence, Emile, Gaston, Gilles, Jean Luc, Julien, Leontine.
French: habitational name from Rancourt, the name of several places in the north of France, in Somme, Vosges, and Meuse. This surname is very rare in France. Compare Rancour .
History: Joseph Rancourt/Rancour from Caen in Calvados, France, married first Marie Parent in Beauport, QC, in 1685, and second Françoise Daveau in Château-Richer, QC, in 1701.
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