Brief Life History of Joel Watson
When Joel Watson McPherson was born on 17 April 1923, in Texas, United States, his father, Joel Walter McPherson, was 51 and his mother, Floy Edith Talley, was 33. He married Leona Inez Martin on 22 April 1942, in Elk City, Beckham, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Justice Precinct 1, Potter, Texas, United States in 1940 and Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States for about 1 years. He died on 27 April 2004, in Herrin, Williamson, Illinois, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Blairsville Precinct, Williamson, Illinois, United States.
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- Joel W McPherson, Jr, "United States 1950 Census"
- Frank Dale Mcpherson, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"
- Joel Watson Mc Pherson, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
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World Events (8)
1925 · Woman's World's Fair
The first Woman's World's Fair was held in Chicago in 1925. The idea of the completely women-run fair was to display the progress of ideas, work, and products of twentieth-century women
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1945 · Peace in a Post War World
The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.
Name Meaning
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac a' Phearsain ‘son of the parson or priest’ (see Parsons ).
History: This is the name of a Highland Scottish clan, part of the Chattan confederation, the founder of which is believed to have been a man named Muireach or Murdo Cattenach, priest of Kingussie in Badenoch in the 9th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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