Christine Louise Vaughn

Brief Life History of Christine Louise

When Christine Louise Vaughn was born on 18 May 1920, in Alexandria, Virginia, United States, her father, Leslie Earl Vaughn, was 22 and her mother, Christine Virginia Booth, was 18. She married Thirston Lee Harris on 1 July 1938, in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. She lived in Alexandria, Arlington, Virginia, United States in 1940 and District 13, Prince George's, Maryland, United States in 1950. She died on 17 May 2005, in Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States, at the age of 84.

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Family Time Line

Samuel McGuire Lacey
1915–1983
Christine Louise Vaughn
1920–2005
Marriage: 22 July 1944

Sources (18)

  • Christine Louise Lacey, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Christine Louise Vaughn - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Christine Louise Vaughn
  • Christine Louise Harris, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"

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World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1941 · Pentagon is Built in Arlington

The Pentagon was developed as the Department of Defense had outgrown the other buildings were it was previous located.The groundbreaking for the Pentagon was on September 11, 1941. When the Pentagon was being built, it was determined that it could be no taller than four stories high. Colonel Leslie R. Groves was the supervisor of the project, he would later become known for helping on the Manhattan Project.

1944 · The G.I Bill

The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

Name Meaning

Welsh: variant of Vaughan .

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

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