Russell Raymond Poynor

Brief Life History of Russell Raymond

When Russell Raymond Poynor was born on 9 September 1913, in Waunakee, Dane, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Raymond G. Poynor, was 41 and his mother, Madeline Ethel Witmer, was 23. He married Roma Barton on 10 September 1939, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Logan Election Precinct, Cache, Utah, United States in 1940 and Elmhurst, DuPage, Illinois, United States in 1950. He died on 10 January 2003, in Saint Charles, Kane, Illinois, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in West Side Cemetery, Geneva, Kane, Illinois, United States.

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Russell Raymond Poynor
1913–2003
Roma Barton
1915–2003
Marriage: 10 September 1939

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  • Russell R Poynor, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Birth Certificate of Russell Raymond Poynor
  • Russell Raymond Poynor, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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World Events (8)

1915 · Dinosaur National Monument

Dinosaur National Monument is a park that contains over 800 paleontological sites and fossils. It was declared a National Monument on October 4, 1915.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1937 · The Neutrality Act

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 Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (Staffordshire and Leicestershire; of Norman origin): variant of Poyner .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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