Brief Life History of Robert Burl
When Robert Burl Henley was born in July 1897, in Multnomah, Oregon, United States, his father, Burl Morris Henley, was 30 and his mother, Martha Ellen Fisher, was 26. He married Mary L Yeager before 1930, in Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States for about 20 years and Portland City Election Precinct 200, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1940. He died on 23 July 1976, in Clackamas, Clackamas, Oregon, United States, at the age of 79.
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- Robert B Hurley in household of Burl M Hurley, "United States Census, 1910"
- Robert Burl Heuley, "Oregon, Center for Health Statistics, Birth Records, 1903-1918"
- Robert B Henley, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1898 · Oregon Historical Society
The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.”
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places called Henley, for example in Surrey, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Warwickshire, Shropshire, and Suffolk. Most of the placenames derive from Old English hēan, the weak dative form of hēah ‘high’ (originally used after a preposition and an article) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. However, some, including the one in Shropshire, come from Old English henn ‘hen, wild bird’ + lēah.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hIonnghaile, from a variant (without initial F-) of the personal name Fionnghal, which gave rise to Ó Fionnghaile (see Fennell ).
Possibly an Americanized form of German Henle .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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