James Michael Buckley

Brief Life History of James Michael

When James Michael Buckley was born on 9 August 1933, in Green River, Emery, Utah, United States, his father, George Bell Buckley, was 36 and his mother, Wilda Irene Tomlinson, was 24. He lived in Election Precinct 7 Elgin, Grand, Utah, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He died on 1 June 2008, in West Valley City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Bluffdale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Bell Buckley
1896–1969
Wilda Irene Tomlinson
1908–2003
Georgia Frances Buckley
1927–2015
Anita Campbell
Kelly Buckley
Raymond Jude Buckley
1931–1986
James Michael Buckley
1933–2008
Wilda Marie Buckley
1936–
Charles L Buckley
1938–
Andre Douglas Buckley
1943–2009

Sources (13)

  • James M Buckley, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: James Michael Buckley - Government record: birth-name: James Michael Buckley
  • James M Buckley, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

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.

1935 · The Social Security Act

This Act was created a basic right to a pension in old age, and insurance against unemployment.

1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the many places so named, most of which are from Old English bucc ‘buck, male deer’ or bucca ‘he-goat’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Places called Buckley and Buckleigh, in Devon, are named with Old English boga ‘bow’ + clif ‘cliff’.

English: in Somerset perhaps alternatively, a variant of the now extinct Bugley, a habitational name from Bugley in Dorset or Wiltshire, named from the Old English female personal name Bucge + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Buachalla ‘descendant of Buachaill’, a byname meaning ‘cowherd, servant’.

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

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