Gordon Ray Mitchell

Brief Life History of Gordon Ray

When Gordon Ray Mitchell was born on 16 October 1935, in Shelley, Bingham, Idaho, United States, his father, Emmett D Mitchell, was 24 and his mother, Mary Beth Hardcastle Mitchell, was 23. He married Carmelita Apodaca on 14 October 1960, in Bonneville, Idaho, United States. He died on 17 February 2008, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Shelley, Bingham, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Gordon Ray Mitchell
1935–2008
Virginia Faye Lish
1932–2001
Marriage: 26 September 1978
Michael Ray Anderson
1952–1983

Sources (45)

  • Gordon R Mitchell, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Gordon R Mitchell, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages, 1980-2015"
  • Gordon Ray Mitchell, "Idaho Marriage Index, 1947-1961"

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World Events (8)

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 Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

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 and Scottish: from the vernacular pronunciation in Middle English and Older Scots of the personal name Michael . See Michelson .

English and Scottish: nickname for a big man, from Middle English michel, mechel, muchel ‘big’.

Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill .

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

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