Donald L Stuart

Brief Life History of Donald L

When Donald L Stuart was born on 22 October 1931, in Macomb, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States, his father, John Roy Stuart Jr, was 34 and his mother, Audrey Matta Cowan, was 27. He died on 19 April 2009, in Seminole, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

John Roy Stuart Jr
1897–1968
Audrey Matta Cowan
1904–1979
James Carrington “Jim” Stuart
1927–1989
Donald L Stuart
1931–2009
Shirley Ann Stuart
1935–1992

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World Events (8)

1932

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

1941 · Comanche Code Talkers

Many Native Americans from Oklahoma were once again employed as code talkers during WWII to create a code impenetrable by enemies. Rather than Choctaw, a Comanche-language code was developed. Several of these men were sent to invade Normandy to send messages. None of the men were killed and the Comanche code was never broken. 

1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

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

Scottish (Aberdeenshire and Banffshire): variant of Stewart . This French form of the name, there being no W in the French language, was adopted by Mary, Queen of Scots, on her return to Scotland in 1561 and has since come to be more popular among royalists than the earlier spellings.

History: Stuart or Stewart is the surname of one of the great families of Scotland (see note at Stewart ).

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

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