Bonnie Rae McLain

Brief Life History of Bonnie Rae

When Bonnie Rae McLain was born on 29 October 1927, in Baileyton, Greene, Tennessee, United States, her father, Rev William Pent McLain, was 34 and her mother, Nancy Toki Tunnell, was 31. She had at least 1 son with James Thomas Starnes. She lived in United States in 1949 and Hawkins, Tennessee, United States in 1950. She died on 26 December 1995, in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery, Butler Township, Montgomery, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Thomas Starnes
1923–1964
Bonnie Rae McLain
1927–1995
David W. Starnes
1948–2020

Sources (12)

  • Bonnie Starnes, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Ray McLain, "Tennessee Births and Christenings, 1828-1939"
  • Bonnie Mclain, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

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World Events (8)

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

1931 · The Parthenon is Built

In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built  giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for. 

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

Scottish: variant of McLean .

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

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