Brief Life History of James Gordon
When James Gordon Cheesbrough was born on 20 May 1914, in Kootenay Bay, Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia, Canada, his father, Alfred Cheesbrough, was 21 and his mother, Sadie Ann Cheesbrough, was 20. He married Marie Erma Gugelman about 1938, in Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Notus Election Precinct, Canyon, Idaho, United States in 1940 and Kooskia, Idaho, Idaho, United States in 1999. He died on 23 September 1998, in Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Kooskia, Idaho, Idaho, United States.
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- James G Cheesbrough, "United States Census, 1950"
- James Gordon Cheesbrough, "Idaho, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
- James Gordon Cheesbrough, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
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 Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.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: locative name from Cheeseburn in Northumb, recorded as Cheseburgh in 1286.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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Lewiston Morning Tribune (ID) - September 25, 1999 Deceased Name: J. Gordon Cheesbrough Sr., 85, Kooskia retiree J. Gordon Cheesbrough Sr. of Kooskia, a retired fork lift operator, died Thursday at St …
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