Brief Life History of Sharon Raye
When Sharon Raye Neighbarger was born on 12 April 1938, in Monrovia, Los Angeles, California, United States, her father, Charles Claud Neighbarger, was 23 and her mother, Irene Mae Jones, was 21. She married William Adolph Singleton on 11 November 1957, in Agua Caliente, Sonoma, California, United States. She lived in Sonoma, California, United States in 2001. She died on 11 November 2009, in Sonoma, Sonoma, California, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Sonoma, Sonoma, California, United States.
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Sources (12)
- Sharon Raye Neighbarger in household of Charles Neighbarger, "United States Census, 1940"
- Sharon Raye Neighbarger, "California Birth Index, 1905-1995"
- Sharon Singleton, "BillionGraves Index"
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World Events (8)
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1953 · Grizzly Bear Becomes State Animal
The California grizzly bear became designated as the state animal in 1953.
1958 · The First U.S. Satellite in Space
Explorer 1 was the first satellite of the United States to be launched and successfully orbit the Earth.
Name Meaning
From a biblical place name. The derivation is from the phrase ‘I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys’ (Song of Solomon 2:1). The plant name ‘rose of Sharon’ is used for a shrub of the genus Hypericum, with yellow flowers, and for a species of hibiscus, with purple flowers. Sharon is recorded in the United States from the 18th century, as a name of both boys and girls. Since the 20th century, however, it has been used predominantly if not exclusively for girls.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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