Clifford Earl Brainard

Brief Life History of Clifford Earl

When Clifford Earl Brainard was born on 23 May 1903, in Gallatin, Montana, United States, his father, William Day Brainard, was 35 and his mother, Laura May Russell, was 23. He married Luella May Foster on 30 November 1935, in Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana, United States in 1920 and Election Precinct 22 Trident, Gallatin, Montana, United States in 1940. He died on 23 February 1984, in Manhattan, Gallatin, Montana, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana, United States.

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Clifford Earl Brainard
1903–1984
Luella May Foster
1914–1999
Marriage: 30 November 1935
Sandra Lou Brainard
1938–1976

Sources (9)

  • Clifford E Brainard, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Clifford Earl Brainard, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
  • Clifford E Brainard, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1910 · Glacier National Park Established

Congress established Glacier National Park on May 11, 1910. The park is located in the northern part of Montana on the Canada- US border. It covers 1 million acres, has over a hundred lakes, over a thousand different plant species, and over a hundred animal species. Previously the area had been occupied by the Blackfoot and Flathead people.

1927

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

Name Meaning

English (Essex): variant of Brainwood, a nickname from Middle English brainwod ‘mad in the mind, furious’, for someone who easily lost his temper. The surname has a long history in villages near Chelmsford, Essex, and its 17th-century variants, including Branward, Branard, Braynard, and Braynerd, occur within 5 or 6 miles of Writtle, where the name originated in the early 14th century.

History: Daniel Brainerd came to Hartford, CT, in 1649 at around the age of eight. There is a widespread belief that he came from Braintree, Essex, England, and that his surname may be an altered form of that place name, but there is no documentation to support this. In 1662, at the age of 21, he became one of the founders of Haddam, CT.

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

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