Brief Life History of Calvin Lee
When Calvin Lee Palmer was born on 19 March 1919, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, his father, James Bennum Palmer, was 47 and his mother, Belle Lawrence, was 41. He lived in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1935 and American Judicial Township, Sacramento, California, United States in 1940. He died in 1995, in California, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (15)
- Calvin Palmer in household of James Palmer, "United States Census, 1930"
- Calvin L Palmer, "California Birth Index, 1905-1995"
- Calvin Lee Palmer, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English palmer(e) ‘palmer, pilgrim to the Holy Land’ (Anglo-Norman French palmer, Old French pa(l)mer, paum(i)er), so called from the palm branch carried by such pilgrims. The term was also used to denote an itinerant monk who traveled from shrine to shrine under a vow of poverty. This surname is also common in Ireland, where it has been recorded from the 13th century onward.
Irish: when not of English origin (see 1 above), a surname adopted for Gaelic Ó Maolfhoghmhair (see Milford ), the name of an ecclesiastical family.
Swedish (mainly Palmér): ornamental name formed with palm ‘palm tree’ + the suffix -ér (a derivative of Latin -erius) or -er (from German).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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