Brief Life History of Gary Rood
When Gary Rood Edghill was born on 5 July 1937, in Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, his father, Milton Warfield Edghill, was 24 and his mother, Rhea Georgia Horsley, was 23. He lived in Wardboro Election Precinct, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 6 June 1944, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 6, and was buried in Montpelier City Cemetery, Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Gary Edghill in household of Marie Edghill, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Gary Rood Edghill - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Gary Road Edghill
- Gary Rood Edghill, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1938-1961"
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World Events (4)
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1941 · The Four Freedoms
President Roosevelt spoke in front of Congress and gave a speech on what Freedoms everyone should be granted. First being the Freedom of Speech. Second, the freedom of Religion, Third, The Freedom from Want, and Fourth, the Freedom from Fear. Being a big deal, FDR didn't just say that all people should have these freedoms because Americans already expected these freedoms.
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places so named, such as Edge Hill in Radway, Ratley, and Tysoe (Warwickshire), Edge Hill in Combpyne (Devon), or Edge Hill in Edgeworth (Gloucestershire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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