Mary Margaret Balzano

Brief Life History of Mary Margaret

When Mary Margaret Balzano was born on 22 May 1924, in Maxwell, Colfax, New Mexico, United States, her father, Antonio Giovanni Balzano, was 52 and her mother, Giovanna Jennie Benedetto, was 36. She married Joe Perry Standifird on 4 January 1946. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in United States in 1949 and Mesa, Mesa, Colorado, United States in 1950. She died on 25 February 2001, in Fruita, Gunnison, Colorado, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Fruita, Gunnison, Colorado, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joe Perry Standifird
1913–1984
Mary Margaret Balzano
1924–2001
Marriage: 4 January 1946
Donald Blaine Standifird
1946–2001
Perry Eugene Standifird
1949–2022

Sources (10)

  • Mary Standiferd, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Mary M. Standifird, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Mary M Standifird, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

World Events (8)

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1929 · Denver Airport opens

On Oct 17 1929, Denver Municipal Airport opens. Later, in 1964, it would be renamed Stapleton International Airport. It would be replaced by Denver International Airport, 31 years later.

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

Some characteristic forenames: Italian Carmine, Antonio, Gennaro, Vito, Amerigo, Angelo, Cristoforo, Dante, Eliseo, Giovanni, Giuseppe, Guido.

Italian (mainly Campania): nickname from balzano ‘strange, odd’.

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

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