Vera Marie Dutcher

29 March 1934–10 April 2014 (Age 80)
Lehigh, Webster, Iowa, United States

The Life Summary of Vera Marie

When Vera Marie Dutcher was born on 29 March 1934, in Lehigh, Webster, Iowa, United States, her father, Francis Marion Dutcher, was 42 and her mother, Zola Vera Ward, was 25. She married James Lowell Davis on 10 November 1951, in Lehigh, Webster, Iowa, United States. She died on 10 April 2014, in Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in West Lawn Cemetery, Lehigh, Webster, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Lowell Davis
1927–1985
Vera Marie Dutcher
1934–2014
Marriage: 10 November 1951

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    10 November 1951Lehigh, Webster, Iowa, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

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    World Events (8)

    1935 · The FBI is Established
    Age 1
    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.
    1935 · The Social Security Act
    Age 1
    This Act was created a basic right to a pension in old age, and insurance against unemployment.
    1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins
    Age 21
    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

    Americanized form of Dutch Duyster or Duijster, a nickname from Middle Dutch duuster, duister ‘gloomy’, also ‘stupid’, or of Duitscher ‘German’, a cognate of 2 below.Americanized form of German Deutscher ‘German’.History: Many, if not the majority, of the Dutchers trace their origin to Willem Janszen de Duijster (Duyster) or De Duitscher (De Duytscher), born 1601 in the Netherlands, died 1674 in New York, NY, and his two sons, Jan and Roelof. The original name their family (Willem's father) used back in the Netherlands, was reportedly Van Heerden.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Duitscher

    Sources (5)

    • Vera Marie Dutcher, "Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942"
    • Vera Dutcher in household of Frank Dutcher, "United States Census, 1940"
    • Vera Marie Davis, "Find A Grave Index"

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