Brief Life History of Marvin Henry
When Marvin Henry Fay was born on 3 February 1927, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, his father, John Henry Fay, was 41 and his mother, Celia Bonk, was 21. He married Cleo Wood on 2 April 1955, in Maywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. He lived in Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1930 and Supervisorial District 1, Yuma, Arizona, United States in 1940. He died on 4 November 2004, in Yuma, Yuma, Arizona, United States, at the age of 77.
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- Marvin H Fay in household of John H Fay, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Marvin Henry Fay - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Marvin Henry Fay
- Marvin Henry Fay, "Arizona, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1928 · The Detroit Zoo
"The Detroit Zoological Society was founded in 1911, but the zoo didn't officially open until August 1, 1928. At the opening ceremony, Mayor John C. Nagel was to speak to the gathered crowd. Arriving late, Nagel parked his car behind the bear dens and as he came rushing around the front. A polar bear leaped from the moat in the den and stood directly in front of Nagel. Unaware how precarious his situation was, Nagel stuck out his hand and walked toward the polar bear joking, """"He's the reception committee. The Detroit Zoo was the first zoo in America with cage-less exhibits and the first zoo to no longer keep elephants because of the harsh winters causing psychological stress on them."
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War
The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, John Patrick, Donovan, Fergus, Kieran, Liam, Nuala.
English: nickname for a person believed to have supernatural qualities, from Middle English, Old French faie ‘fairy, witch’ (from Late Latin fata ‘fate, destiny’).
English: nickname for a trustworthy person, from Middle English, Old French fei ‘loyalty, trust’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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