Norman Jay Vail

Brief Life History of Norman Jay

When Norman Jay Vail was born on 21 November 1915, in Alpine, Adams, Idaho, United States, his father, Wallace Cevere Vail, was 39 and his mother, Clara N. Nickerson, was 30. He married Carol Bernice Bates on 5 November 1936, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Idaho Falls Election Precinct 5, Bonneville, Idaho, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He died on 20 December 1981, in Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Wenatchee Cemetery, Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Norman Jay Vail
1915–1981
Carol Bernice Bates
1919–1987
Marriage: 5 November 1936
Garry Jay Vail
1937–2008
Donald B. Vail
1940–2008
Kent W. Vail
1943–2005

Sources (30)

  • Jay N Vail, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Norman Jay Vail, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941"
  • Jay N Vail, "Idaho, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"

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1935 · The FBI is Established

The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Old French de la veille ‘of the watch, watchman’, with loss of de; compare Wake . There has been some confusion with the topographic name Vale and the nickname Veal .

Scottish: shortened and altered form of McPhail , Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Phàil ‘son of Paul’.

Irish: variant of Veale .

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

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