Brief Life History of Douglas Leroy
When Douglas Leroy Orr was born on 14 August 1933, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Bert Douglas Orr, was 23 and his mother, Irene Alice Knapik, was 19. He married Carlie Luenna Campbell on 21 February 1963, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States. He lived in Moscow, Latah, Idaho, United States in 1935 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 5 May 1977, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Memorial Redwood Mortuary and Cemetery, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Douglas L Orr, "United States 1950 Census"
- Douglas Leroy Orr, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- DOUGLAS L ORR, "BillionGraves Index"
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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.
1938 · The DI is Opened To The Public
Deseret Industries is a non-profit organization and a division of Welfare Services of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It includes a chain of retail thrift stores and work projects. Many of the items sold are second hand or never used. Such items include furniture, appliances, computers, and clothing. The DI also sells new furniture, much of it received directly from its own manufacturing plant in Salt Lake City. The DI provides job skill training for the physically, emotionally and socially challenged and seeks to place them into private sector employment.
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
English: from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Orre (Old Norse Orri, originally a byname meaning ‘black grouse’).
Scottish (southwestern): nickname from Scottish Gaelic odhar ‘dun, of sallow complexion’. This surname is also common in Ireland. It was brought to Ulster from Scotland in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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