Irene Dales

Brief Life History of Irene

Irene Dales was born in 1915. She died in 1989, at the age of 74, and was buried in Elizabethtown-Kitley Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Cuyler Milton Brown
1907–1967
Irene Dales
1915–1989

Sources (1)

  • Irene L. Dales, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (5)

1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born

Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.

1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election

George A. Drew was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1943, they won the Ontario election.

1955 · General Motors Auto Workers Strike

From 1955-1956, around 17,000 workers for General Motors went on strike. They wanted a pay raise, more secure working conditions, and a health plan half paid by General Motors. The strike lasted 148 days.

Name Meaning

English (Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire): variant of Dale , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): nickname for a needy person, from Hebrew dalus ‘poverty’.

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

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