Brief Life History of Betty Jo
When Betty Jo Fosdick was born on 14 July 1931, in Mullen, Hooker, Nebraska, United States, her father, Ward Franklin Fosdick, was 32 and her mother, Zelpha Ruby Ronzo, was 25. She married Lloyd Leonard Ginkens Jr. on 14 June 1949, in Mullen, Hooker, Nebraska, United States. She lived in Mullen Election Precinct, Hooker, Nebraska, United States in 1940. She died on 3 February 2002, in Mullen, Hooker, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Cedarview Cemetery, Mullen, Hooker, Nebraska, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Betty J Fosdick, "United States Census, 1940"
- Betty Jo Fosdick Ginkens, "Find A Grave Index"
- Betty Jo Ginkens, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
1944 · Congress Passes the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Project
The Flood Control Act of 1944 was passed and would later be called the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program. It was named after the authors of the program Lewis A. Pick and William Glenn Sloan. It began as two separate plans but they both had the idea for an irrigation system that would help with the flooding of the Missouri River.
1950
United States military forces play a leading role against North Korean and Chinese troops in Korean War.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Fosdyke, Lincolnshire, so called from the genitive case of the Old English byname Fōt, meaning ‘foot’ (or the Old Norse cognate Fótr), + Old English dīc ‘ditch, dike’ (see Ditch ). This surname is now rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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