Darrell Victoria "Vicki" Dew

Female7 May 1945–1 July 1948

Brief Life History of Darrell Victoria "Vicki"

Darrell Victoria "Vicki" Dew was born on 7 May 1945, in Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan, United States as the daughter of James Marshall Dew and Irene Loughmiller. She died on 1 July 1948, in her hometown, at the age of 3, and was buried in Berrien, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Marshall Dew
1918–1993
Irene Loughmiller
Ellwyn Boyd Dew
1941–2001
Darrell Victoria "Vicki" Dew
1945–1948

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  • Darrell Vicki Dew, "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"

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World Events (3)

1947 · The Presidential Succession Act

Age 2

The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.

1947 · The CIA is Established

Age 2

The Central Intelligence Agency was created because the U.S. government had need for a group to help detect and subdue any potential threats to the nation.

1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War

Age 3

The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): habitational name for someone from Eu in Seine-Maritime, France, with fused preposition d(e). See Doe 2.

English: topographic name, perhaps from Middle English deudeaw, dywe ‘dew’, probably used in the sense ‘damp ground’ or ‘dew pond’.

Welsh: nickname meaning ‘stout, thickset’, Welsh tew, a soft-mutated form of dew. In some cases the name may arise from a North Welsh pronunciation of du ‘black, dark, swarthy’; however, this is normally Anglicized as Dye . See also Dee .

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

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