Chet George Prestwich
8 November 1947–3 August 1997 (Age 49)
Patterson, Lemhi, Idaho, United States
The Life of Chet George
When Chet George Prestwich was born on 8 November 1947, in Patterson, Lemhi, Idaho, United States, his father, Clynn Draper Prestwich, was 30 and his mother, Agnes Ellen Galles, was 25. He had at least 1 daughter. He died on 3 August 1997, in Wynnewood, Garvin, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Wynnewood, Garvin, Oklahoma, United States.
Family Time Line
Clynn Draper Prestwich
1917–2006
Agnes Ellen Galles
1922–1996
Chet George Prestwich
1947–1997
Spain Clynn Prestwich
1949–2013
Parents and Siblings
1917–2006Male
1922–1996Female
siblings
(2)
1947–1997Male
1949–2013Male
World Events (8)
1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War
Age 1
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.
1950 · Ruling Eliminates Discrimination in Higher Learning
Age 3
Supreme Court case McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents School ruled that public institutions of higher learning could not discriminate due to race.
1961 · The Twenty-Third Amendment
Age 14
The Twenty-third Amendment gives the residents in the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections and to give the district electors in the Electoral College.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from places in Lancashire (now Greater Manchester) and Northumbria, so called from Old English prēost ‘priest’ + wīc ‘outlying settlement’. Compare Preston .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
- Chet George Prestwich in entry for Cynthia L Prestwich, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"
- Chet George Prestwich in entry for Jeffrey W Prestwich, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"
- Chet George Prestwich in entry for Teresa D Prestwich, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"
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